On a chilly Sunday, 35 Au Pairs traveled from all over the DC Region to become certified by the American Red Cross in Infant/Child CPR & First Aid.
Au Pairs from Thailand work as a team to remove blockage from baby’s airway.
The class was offered free of charge to Au Pairs by Au Pair in America and was hosted by Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac, Maryland.
All the young women care for small children every day as Au Pairs and they realize the importance of these lifesaving skills. They were at full attention for 5 1/2 hours for hands-on practice, lecture and videos depicting real-life situations.
View a video of this class as the Au Pairs learn to rescue a “choking baby”.
Frank and his team from Red Cross supplied 20 “Baby Anne” dolls which permitted hands-on practice with realistic chest compression and chest rise as well as life-like nose pinch for mouth-to-nose ventilation. The “Baby Anne” dolls also were realistic to react to foreign-body airway obstruction through back blows and chest-thrust
Elise from France and Sabrina from Germany, who had never met before, became fast friends as they tended to each others’ “wounds”.
A good-spirited Au Pair from Colombia volunteered to be an accident victim bandaged by our class instructor in a lesson on bleeding and broken bones.
Marta from Poland worked with Nam from Thailand to “stop bleeding”.
The 35 Au Pairs from South Africa, Colombia, Thailand, Brazil, Germany, Poland etc. now are officially certified by the American Red Cross for 2 years, and received a large, lapel pin to wear with pride.
Bravo to these young women who voluntarily gave up their free time on a Sunday, to increase their childcare skills!
All eyes on Frank from American Red Cross as he demonstrated what to do for a bloody or broken nose.
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