As Urban Rescue Solutions owner Scott Carter demonstrates how to perform CPR during his classes for local businesses, he understands how life changing what he teaches can be.
Left, Scott Carter, owner of Urban Rescue Solutions CPR & AED, shows how to properly perform CPR on a dummy. He held a ribbon cutting event Thursday at the Jockey headquarters, marking new expansions for his business. BELOW: Scott Carter, owner of Urban Rescue Solutions CPR & AED, talked Thursday at Jockey headquarters about the importance of giving people emergency training.
A Kenosha firefighter and paramedic, Carter was on vacation in St. Louis, Mo., when he helped rescue a drowning 5-year-old boy in 2017, performing CPR for five minutes and ultimately saving the youth’s life.
The event marked the beginning of Urban Rescue Solutions CPR & AED, offering CPR training and selling automated external defibrillator units to area businesses, schools and other local groups.
Carter was at the Jockey Headquarters, 2300 60th St., Thursday to give a CPR class and hold a ribbon-cutting event marking the business. Local officials and business leaders were in attendance.
“It’s not just about making money, it’s about doing right by the community,” Carter said.
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Originally starting in 2017, Thursday’s ribbon cutting marked a new phase of expansion for the business, Carter said. Demand has grown since the pandemic as businesses understand the benefits of in-person emergency training from working professionals.
“I’m seeing a boon in business right now because a lot of companies want us in-person … We know how to do it best,” Carter said. “My business model is based on hiring people that do this for a living.” Urban Rescue Solutions now has eight trainers, Carter said, with sessions being done as far as Madison and Lake County, Ill.
The training people receive can save lives, he said, recalling one woman he’d taught to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
“Two weeks later, (she) calls me back and says, ‘Thank God you taught me how to recognize a stroke,’” Carter said. “She worked for a daycare. She was standing at the door greeting people and she noticed a lady had facial droop.”
Helping people, and teaching them how to help others, is fulfilling for Carter.
“It’s the best part of being a firefighter,” he said. “It’s more rewarding than the money, knowing I’m making an impact.”
Scott Carter, owner of Urban Rescue Solutions CPR & AED, talked Thursday at Jockey headquarters about the importance of giving people emergency training.
Part of his focus is getting more automated external defibrillators into the community and educating people about how to properly maintain them so they can be an effective, life-saving tool.
“A lot of people don’t realize (the AEDs) have a life expectancy,” Carter said. “You have to maintain it; you have to make sure the batteries are good.” More information about CPR classes, AED units and more can be found at urbanresucesolutions.com, or by calling 262-203-9815.