I received this e-mail today from Maureen, a reader of the blog:
"This weekend my 5 year old put faith to the test. He literally stepped on a trampoline for 10 seconds and was laying in a crumpled non-breathing heap. Later we pieced together that he was caught off guard and was double bounced-- knocking the wind out of him and causing a spasm in his diaphragm. After administering mouth to mouth and enduring the full trauma work up-- we are blessed with good reports. As I sat there in the ER (between running to the bathroom to spill my guts) I remembered your words " the Lord spared me from a tragic out come and allowed me (in this case our Spencer ) to stick around" I cannot be thankful enough for God's mercy!!!
I was wondering if you could do a little PSA on your blog against trampolines and keeping the CPR skills updated. The entire trauma team lectured me to never let my kids on dangerous backyard trampolines. I was ignorant-- thought if it had a cage around it we were in good shape. Apparently not! When I could not find respiration-- I knew I needed to start CPR and my worst fear-- I froze. I froze because my former lifeguard training was now 20 years out dated. Thankfully God and all his angels watched over me and helped me to get my son's airway open and accepting of my breaths. I managed to do enough to get things started-- but I am signing up for CPR asap."
As I have written before, I once had to administer CPR to one of my children (P) for several minutes until the ambulance arrived. Maureen's post was a great reminder of the importance of being prepared for these situations. I have read so many news stories of drownings and other tragic accidents involving children this Summer. Be careful, ya'll!
Maureen, I rejoice with you that Spencer is safe.
3 comments:
Oh, wow, thanks for sharing. I don't think I've taken CPR since high school. I need to look for a class.
I had no idea. Praise God everything tunred out all right!
Knowing CPR is VERY important...for ANY situation. However, I was taken back by the reference to "dangerous trampolines." As a former gymnast, and the mother of a tiny gymnast, trampolines provide a ton of benefits (learning how to do those flips is a lot easier when you get extra bounce, and not to mention the wonderful exercise you get just to name a few). This was a freak occurance, and to say that trampolines are bad because of it is wrong. Of course parents need to teach children the proper way to jump, and the proper way to fall, but kids hurt themselves doing anything. I'm starting to think that part of the reason kids don't play outside anymore is because "bikes are dangerous," "climbing trees is dangerous," "swimming is dangerous," "trampolines are dangerous." Why would a kid want to be outside if they can't do any of the fun things we did as kids?
I didn't mean to bombard your comments, I just feel very strongly about letting my children experience life.
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