*update below…. Earlier this month I received a really vile sexually explicit letter in the mail. The return address was the American Safety and Health Institute in Oregon, but the letter was postmarked from New York. ASHI did not send
NH’s new child safety seat law
On January 1st New Hampshire’s new child safety seat law took effect. You can read the details at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXI/265/265-107-a.htm. Scroll down to part 1b. As of my posting this on 1/4/14 there are 2 paragraph 1b’s. The second is the
Too cold
I saw this on Facebook this morning and thought it was a good image to share. Typo aside, if it is too cold for us to be outside it is too cold for your pets to be outside. Just like
Goals & Resolutions
Happy 2014! Do you start the year off with all sorts of goals and resolutions? Do you actually keep them? I’m terribly at keeping resolutions. So I don’t make them anymore. Instead I look at making small attainable goals and
Change your clocks, change your batteries, check your medicine cabinet
This morning we switched from daylight savings time to standard time. I don’t know about your house, but in mine the little kids were up over an hour earlier than they needed to be. So in that extra hour we
Looking for a new address
Last February I moved my courses to a permanent home in Greenland, NH. It was exciting and overwhelming all rolled into one. And it’s been a blast! I love having my own space to hold classes, scheduling has been so
If it’s too hot for your dog, it’s too hot for your kids.
This is something I rant about in classes sometimes. Okay, maybe more frequently in the summer months. In tonight’s news I saw this story and I’m not sure if I’m really really angry or really really sad. Maybe I’m a
Can you operate an AED if you have a pacemaker or ICD?
I had a great question at a program I did for my local Mended Hearts chapter the other night. Can a rescuer with a pacemaker or ICD (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator) safely operate an AED? And the answer is …. Yes!
Certification mills vs. blended learning
I read a great article this morning in one of the CPR First Aid Instructor forums I belong to; Unmasking the Certification Mill Problem published in Occupational Health and Safety. This is a topic I’m pretty passionate about. Online-only CPR
Do you need to take a CPR AED class to use an AED?
This past week I walked past this AED: I was excited to see the AED as soon as I walked into the building. And then I saw the labeling on it. “Trained Responders Only” Every state has different AED laws.