Description
Item: Mini CPR Prompt Audio Rescue Aid
Included: 3 AAA Energizer e^2 batteries
Price: $19.95
Make: foreign
Dimensions: 3.5" long x 1.5" wide x .5" thick
Features: Adult, baby, & child CPR choices, lanyard loop, pause capabilities, low battery indicator
Run time: 8 hours
Time in testing: 4 months
Design/Intention/Application: CPR aid
Review
A week after CPR certification, most people find themselves asking " How many rescue breaths do I give?" or " How many compressions should be given?". CPR like any other skill needs to be practiced and refreshed, and the CPR Prompt will help you with just that.
With its small package, the Mini Prompt (or MP for short) can be taken anywhere, as it can even be attached to a keychain. It allows you to not only refresh yourself anywhere, but it can be used as an actual aid during CPR.
As you can see (check out the photo link for more) the MP has six large buttons for easy use under stress. Upon pressing the on/off switch, it will ask you to press the adult, baby, or child buttons. Upon doing so, the MP will guide you through deciding wether or not to give CPR, and CPR if needed (you can listen to the pre-cpr, and adult CPR audio at the Photo link below). For those who have a better memory/are better brushed up, you can go at your own pace. Let's say you are using the MP and you've completed the pre-cpr process and you determine CPR is necessary, you can go ahead and hit the CPR key before it is done walking you through the pre-CPR process (this can be done at any time).
Besides a small package and large buttons, this item automatically will verbally indicate the battery status when it is low. Don't mistake this for just a tape recording with a speaker, because inside it has a microprocessor. Upon un-pausing the device, the microprocessor at certain steps determines how many previous steps to repeat if they are important. This allows for a smooth continuation of the CPR process. The MP is also meets international guidelines for CPR and ECC.
When it comes to construction. However, the MP was not designed to be shock proof. It is certainly not waterproof and the plastic isn't hefty enough to be shock proof. So this product would be fine to sit in your household or carry first aid kit, but maybe not such a viable option for outdoor use. Not that it wouldn't hold up or you shouldn't bring it, but that if you hadn't brushed up and you needed it, and it failed, you could easily be SOL. So this brings me to the point that this item is a great aid, and should not be used as a crutch. Just to prove the point, when I bought this back in December of 2010, the batteries had a use by 2009 data on them. Not that they weren't working, but if I never had noticed and let them sit, they could have easily failed me in an emergency.
So all in all for roughly twenty dollars this product is ideal for any first aid kit. If you are looking for one, they are certainly hard to find. I only know of this one brand which only makes larger models too. You can check out their website below.
One can then understand why I would rate this at a 10 out or 10.
Links
Photos
CPR Prompt
Buff Shop-
CPR/ECC Guidlines
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