Absolute CPR – About Us
Chicago Areas Primer Training Site
50+
Years of Combined Experience
5k +
Over 5,000 Classes Taught
70k +
Students Taught
Who Is Absolute CPR
Our
History
History
Absolute CPR maybe a new name in the CPR community but our history goes back a long way. More than 16 years ago, a group of firefighters and pramedics saw the need for CPR education and started a training site in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. There we taught for almost two decades, serving Chicago, the surrounding suburbs, and the surrounding states. Closing our doors at the height of the the COVID pandemic we decided to reboot our company in the suburbs.
Our
Instructors
Instructors
Our Instructors are passionate about CPR and it shows. Nearly everyone is working in a professional healthcare related field such as nursing, Emergenccy Medical Services – firefighting / paramedic, respsiratory therapists, and other medical roles. Some are students of healthcare, and others are lifeguards, nannies, babysitters,
Our
Location
Location
As time passed, our Instructors of our original company moved away from our Chicago office. Our goal was always to open an office in the suburbs so here we are pursuing our dream. Located on the east side of Glen Ellyn. Surrounded by Lombard, Wheton, and Lise, there are plenty of ways to find our office. Located just a block from Roosevelt Road next to Route 53 and Interstate 355, there are many routes available to our office. Our office provides ample free parking with surrounding shopping and dining experiences to choose from before or after your class.
Our
Classes
Classes
Absolute CPR offers a variety of CPR, First Aid, and Advanced Life Support classes. We are an American Heart Association (AHA) training site offering nearly all the classes they have to offer, as well as a Health Safety Institute (HSI) training center offering many of the classes they have to offer. We are planning to expand our catalog of classes to offer a larger, more diverse course list.
Our
Philosophy
Philosophy
Absolute CPR takes pride in the classes that we offer and the difference we make in people’s lives. The number of students we have taught CPR to is great. The confidence we have instilled in students to recognize an emergency and respond to an emergency with the skills they obtained through our classes to help save a life is rewarding. The number of potential lives we have helped is exponential. Not just nurses and doctors who may participate in life saving emergencies every day using skills we have taught them, but the parents, nannies, and caretakers of individuals who can not take care of themselves is inspiring.
We are always looking for different reasons people should take CPR and the public has not let us down offering reasons why they take our classes. Whatever your reason is for having to learn CPR, if it is a work requirement or if you are learning for personal growth, we are proud to be at your service and look forward to teaching you.
Our Office
799 Roosevelt Road
Building 6, Suite 209
Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137
Our office is located in the Roosevelt Glen office park in Glen Ellyn. Our office is located just south of the intersection of Roosevelt Road and Nicoll Way at 799 Roosevelt Road, approximately 1/2 mile west of Interstate 355 and Roosevelt Road. Located directly behind the Panera Bread. We are easily found using many navigational apps.
Frequently Asked Questions
All students need to pass the skills portions of CPR. However, written tests are only for our Healthcare Provider class such as BLS, ACLS, and PALS. Non-Healthcare Provider classes including CPR and First Aid do not require a written test.
In our office, practicing CPR and performing CPR for the Instructor is done concurrently with the other students. In our advanced life support classes, students go through scenarios where performing CPR is likely to happen in small groups. This will occur after opportunities to practice CPR have been offered and any questions regarding CPR can be asked.
Yes. And No. Mouth-to-mouth breathing has been around since cardiopulmonary resuscitation was introduced, While it has always been taught and part of CPR it has never been said you must do mouth-to-mouth on victims you find. Does it help or improve chances of survival, yes. Is it risky and yucky, yes. So with that said mouth-to-mouth is still taught and discussed, but it is emphasised by Absolute CPR that mouth-to-mouth is a decision to do reserved by the rescuer. COVID-19 and its publicized contagiousness has changed the way everyone thinks about mouth-to-mouth.
Use your best judgment when deciding to do mouth-to-mouth on unknown victims.
No. All the different institutions that provide CPR training follow the latest ILCOR (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation) science. ILCOR is an international organization that advances the science of resuscitation. Organizations such as the American Heart Association (AHA), Health Science Institute (HSI), and the like take these recommendations and produce educational presentations.
Please note, while much of the science is the same from one organization to the other, you must be aware of what your industry requires, more importantly what your job requires and/or what your academic institution requires is the authority. It is the student’s responsibility to find and take the classes required by their employer and their school.
Often, American Heart Association (AHA) classes are the preferred organization for training in healthcare institutions as well as academic programs for healthcare-related fields in this area.
AED are small, easy to use machines that allow bystanders to help victims of cardiac arrest. Applied to unresponsive victims, AED are attached by large stickers applied to the chest. Then the AED analyzes the cardiac rhythm of the victime to determine if a shock is advised. If a shock is advised the AED prompts the rescuer to shock the victim by pressing a button.
AED’s are found in many public places such as libraries, parks, schools, and the like. Many companies also have them installed in their buildings, such as grocery stores and department stores.
No worries, we will work with you as best as we can to help you understand CPR. Just because you may not be able to get down and do CPR does not mean you cannot take the class and learn about CPR. We may not be able to issue you a course completion card saying you can do CPR, but we will not hesitate to teach you about CPR.
Learning CPR will require you to be up nd down off the ground. When practicing and performing CPR, students will be kneeling next to manikins. Not the entire class, just the portions of practicing and performing CPR. Accommodations can be made for students upon request.