Years ago, I took a CPR class for work. I even had a little card in my wallet that said I knew how to perform CPR.
But, if an emergency happened and I suddenly had to recall that information from the recesses of my brain, I would be in trouble. I am sure panic would take over and I would completely forget what to do.
And I know I am not alone!
In fact, this is the very reason two Arizona moms, Chris Stevens and Melissa Weisberg, developed, Safety Magnets:
While there is an abundance of first aid information on the web, in books, and from other resources, in an emergency, you need help fast. When an emergency happens, most people don’t have time to find that often misplaced first aid book. What you need is a convenient source of accurate information that everyone in the household can easily locate in an emergency. What better place for that information than a magnet on your refrigerator or inside your medicine cabinet?
Safety Magnets are 5″ x 7″ refrigerator magnets that list first aid steps on what to do in common medical emergencies. They are available in 5 different magnets:
- Child CPR
- Infant CPR
- Infant Choking
- Infant / Child / Adult Choking
- Poisoning / Burns
As well, Safety Magnets come in a fantastic 8 1/2 x 11″ magnetic memo board with safety steps for:
- Infant CPR
- Child CPR
- Iinfant / Child / Adult Choking
This version has a write-on/wipe-off wet-erase marker with a convenient area to write your important and emergency phone numbers.
The price for an individual magnetic memo board is $5.95 and there are discounts for volume purchases.
Safety Magnets are designed with fund raising and company promotion in mind.
These unique magnets are the perfect way to raise money for school, teams, church trips etc. No more fattening chocolates or cookie dough to sell – instead your fundrasing can be centered around a healthy, life saving product.
And instead of putting your company logo on a calendar or notepad, you can use Safety Magnets to continually keep your name at the forefront of your customers minds.
I personally love the Magnetic Memo Board which includes Infant CPR, Child CPR, Infant / Child / Adult Choking and a spot for emergency numbers. If I am out and my babysitter needs emergency information quickly, this is what I want on my fridge.
If you want to enter to win one of ten Safety Magnetic Memo Boards that we are giving away, just leave a comment at this post.
This contest is open to both US and Canadian shipping addresses. We will announce the winners on February 16th.
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Oh Please, me, me! I have a two year old that puts anything and everything into her mouth!!!! It’s not an If but a WHEN she is going to choke!
Thanks for sharing,
~Lana B.~
2 curious boys – I’ve been very lucky so far but I know it is just a matter of time. Enter me please.
This would be wonderful. I have that fear, too, of forgetting what I do know — and I have never had a CPR class, so I don’t know a lot anyway.
what a fabulous idea!
What a great way to keep such critical info handy!
I would love this! Thanks for hosting the contest. What a great idea!
Kimbrah
Sounds Handy!
imformative magnets
I need this!
laura_licious101(at)hotmail(dot)com
This is a very useful prize! Include me in your drawing please! Thank you so much! I am all about safety items!
For Church Fridge!! Great Idea!!
Terrific idea! I’d love one.
I could sure use it.
Nice.
Oh my! What a wonderful tool! Thanks.
Count me in!
This is something every house should have.
Great Idea !!
What a great idea!
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I don’t remember a bit of my CPR training either…this is a great idea Please count me in!
This would be wonderful to have in the “just in case” time of our lives. Thank you!
Oh, I need this! I could really use something like this around with two kids.
This is a great idea. Pleae put me in the hat.
I’d love to win one of these! I’d definitely need it!
This is a very cool idea! Count me in.
And–you’re right, you are not alone. I have been certified/re-certified for 16 years and I don’t think I would be able to do it in an emergency either.
Definitely count me in!
Good idea to have magnets with such useful information.
What a great idea! This is information that everyone needs.
It’s been over 10 years since I took my First Aid/CPR class and although I remember some of it, I’d be lost if I had to use those skills! Enter me, please!
I took CPR when I was a daycare worker and I know as soon as I walked out the classroom door I forgot everything I learned! I would love to have one of these magnets on my refrigerator!
I, too, took the CPR class and would be hard pressed to remember in an emergency situation what to do! Please add me to the list!
Oh, count me in! Thanks!
i would love this
Very useful magnets. I would love to win them.
These magnets sound like they would be very useful in an emergency! What a great idea! I’d love to stick one of these on our refrigerator.
This is JUST what I need. I am so excited. My 2 year old daughter has breath holding spells and passes out on me ALL the time. I’m always so scared!
I have to be both regular CPR certified and Trach CPR certified for Parker. I always stress that in an emergency I would forget what to do.
I’d love to be entered.
And…..have you guys ever thought about having a Special Needs contributor to 5 Minutes For Mom? I’m sure there are a lot of Moms with kids with Special Needs that read your blog.
They could write on what’s new out there, issues facing Mom’s with Special Needs kids, fun things to do to help reach IEP goals, etc.
It would also be a great way to provide an experience base for those who DON’T have a child with Special Needs.
A monthly column could be an excellent advocacy tool. Especially with your readership.
Just a thought.
Every parent and caregiver should have at least one of those posted around the house.
i would really love one of these.. I am BLS certified and feel this would be great in my home for my child and mom.
Thanks for posting!
What a brilliant idea! I was always fearful of my kids choking, and it happened a couple of times. This would be great for my grandbabies mom!
I would truly love to have this. It’s been years since I’ve taken a cpr class and with 6 boys you never know what they’re going to try! Thanks again for another wonderful contest!
A must have and hope to win.
Thanks
I would love to join. (i’m not from the US nor Canada but I have relatives and friends who live there…=) Hope I am still eligible to join.
Honestly, this is such a very wonderful idea especially for parents and baby caretakers out there.
These safety magnets will be very convenient and life-saving in times of emergencies. We all know how it is when we encounter dilemmas like this. We tend to get nervous, anxious, rattled and far from being focused due to not knowing what to do. We need something handy.
This is very helpful for me since I have a 3-month old baby boy. Doing CPR is life-saving.
This is great I have a 19 month old that is all over and getting into everytthing.
This would be great to have. Please enter me.
I’d love one of these! So much handier than a booklet. ( meg.wilson@gmail.com )
Great idea. I always worry about forgetting as well.
What a great idea!
With two small boys in the house, this would be great to have!
Please enter me!
I could really use this, my daughter puts everything in her mouth.
With a baby in the house, this would be very handy.
I’d forget my brain if it wasn’t attached. Please enter me.
What a great idea! Even if you have CPR and an emergency arises, you might forget what your supposed to do.
This is a great tool and I would certainly like to win it.
What a smart idea.
Such a good idea. Thank you! I know my CPR training could use some quick pointers in an emergency.
I can only think that I’ve dodged a bullet so far with my curious toddler! She sticks EVERYTHING in her mouth and so far she’ll spit it out if I ask her to and if she starts to choke it’s something little… I think this is a great idea!
This is wonderful! I would love one for my refrigerator! Count me in!
Totally count me in.
perfect size for my fridge.
Oh, I’d love this!
Wow, what a great idea- I need one on every floor!
I can’t think of a better way to use fridge space!
Please pick me! I took a CPR class before my little one was allowed any finger food, but he has a tendancy to gag and just the other day almost choked. I was beside myself that despite the training, I’d forgotten what to do. Luckily, he wasn’t actually choking. That magnet would literally be a lifesaver. Please, please, please…
Please count me in!
great prize enter me please
Those are nice to have!
I could use this!
This would be great to have. It would alleviate a lot of my fears about my mind going blank in a crisis.
Definitely a great thing to have on hand!
What a great idea! We too took a CPR class but I am always afraid of being put to the test…
Please enter me in the drawing. Thanks
Great reminder
This is such a great idea!
thanks for the entry!
This is a must have for me with two little ones at home!
definitely need these, what a good idea!
sounds like a wonderful idea, for infants, all the way to adults, plesae enter me in the contest
Everthing all in one easy to see place…I like it!!!
Cool hope I win
Oooo…count me in!
That’s a terrific prize. Very practical.
what a great idea
THis would be great. I am trained in CPR, but feel like I would forget if I needed it. Thanks!
Hello, This would be fantastic to own! I have had small ones for the refrigerator, but I have never seen one this large and visible. Please enter me in your drawing. Thanks very much…..Cindi
What a life saving prize. Thanks!
I could use one of these!
This would be super!!
Looks very handy. When we moved into our house, we found an old, 1960′s era poster from a local company showing the Heimlich maneuver taped inside our pantry cabinet. This is the same idea, made a little handier.
This is a great idea. I just finished a CPR/First Aid class but not sure if I could remember it in an emergency situation. Enter me please.
So, I would love one. I took a CPR class 2 years ago, but I hardly remember it.
If I don’t win this, I’m buying it. I have two small children at home and I always stress out thinking about “what ifs”! I was certified, but I haven’t taken a lesson since my teens.
This sure would be handy!
pleae enter me I need one of these thanks
Very useful indeed.
Oh, that would be so handy to have around the house. I’m a single mother who works full time. Sometimes I have no choice but to leave my 14 year old to help me look after her two younger siblings for a few minutes, while I finish up work and of course, when I am doing many household chores. Although my eldest is very responsible, indeed, she as well as I, would love to have these medical safety reminders in case if one of my younger children are in any harm or danger. Please put me down for these magnets. They are a true lifesaver!
Great idea! Must have for all parents/babysitters!
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Great idea! I’m CPR certified, but I have never been “tested” in real life (and I hope I’m not ever!)
FANTASTIC IDEA!!! Please enter my name into your contest, THANK YOU!!
Please enter me too, thank you.
I just re-upped my CPR, but I know that the grandmas don’t know CPR, or at least, they haven’t recertified recently, so I would love one of these. Thanks.
I can relate! To fufill a requirement, I once took a cpr internet class- a half hour and 25 dollars later, I was certified- but not that knowledgeable- this sounds like a great prize!
This is a great item, every family with kids should have something like this on every floor of their home.
This would come in very handy! I can hear the conspiracy whispers already between my 4 month old and my 2 year old… goodness knows what they’ll get into!
magnets would be great!
This is a great idea!
With a one year old who just started walking this is a wonderful idea.
Great idea, we have already had to call poison control and my six year old son had to call 911 when my husband passed out
Wonderful product! Please enter me
Great concept. Would be great for the occasional baby sitter.
Everyone should own one of these! You just never know what could happen!
this looks like one handy gadget – with 2 grandkids, i could use some hep
I want to win
cool
I would love to enter for this. I also agree with the comment about info for parents of special needs kids. I homeschool my kids who include one with special needs and though I am always out there looking, it would be great to see ideas here too.
I sure need something to bring me some safety…lol
Good Luck Everyone
Fantastic idea! Please include me.
this is a great resource!! count me in!
Really need this want to win
Please enter me in the contest.
Hello – thanks for the giveaway!
I love that more and more products are being made with safety in mind.
Enter me please. Thanks!
Please enter me. I hope I never need it, but this is invaluable info to have at your fingertips.
Yes please– great addition to a daycare mommy’s home.
THANKS!
Great Idea!!
What a great safety idea!
That is brilliant. Just brilliant.
I COULD USE THIS.
Great idea. Thanks!
Oh, a refresher on the fridge certainly could not hurt at our household of active boys. Please enter me.
Count me in please.
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Enter me, please.
Its great to have when you have small kids like my daughter has.
What a great idea! I’d love to be entered for the drawing!
Count me in!
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I could really use this.
These are great! Definitely could use this!
I would love this.
Every house should have one!
I just tossed my infant CPR chart since my kids are too old but I could use this as a replacement!
fabulous!
That’s brilliant – I am terrified that my baby will choke and I will go blank!
I could use these!!!!
Thank you.
Great prize!!
Please count me in these magnets are a great idea
I REALLY want to win…….I am a Nurse,with lots experience in airway maintenance, but my daughter, who will be a first-time mom does not!
Please enter me
Count me in please
Please count me in!
Wow! What a great idea, especially for those of us with young children!
lol to all
Great for young kids.
What a great idea! I could use these at work! Please pick me to win.
Wonderful idea – everyone needs this!
This is a great idea for everyone.
ok i want in thanks for the chance to win
that is such a great idea! I have been First Aid/CPR trained for a few years now but I would love to keep this info handy for anyone who could utilize it! thanks!
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What a wonderful idea!
Enter me please. These would be great.
I would love to have them. Whoever has thought of this idea- Magnets, is wonderful. I am a refrigerator magnet junkie:)
this would be great to have!
I would love one of those – I have currently a typed up list – but i love the visuals!
What a wonderful idea! Thanks.
Great idea. I have thought about making myself a cheat sheet.
This is such a great idea, I would love to have this.
smart thing to have nearby
Oh Please randomly pick me!
Enter me! All parents should be prepared
These look great – thanks!
This is a must have!
enter me!
Yes please and if I don’t win I’m thinking I definitely would like to buy it!!
Hope I win.
Call me CRAZY!!
I Love Magnets!
I am really hoping this business with take off– currently I am working with the company to promote these magnets to the fire service. I believe it is a great product.
Doesn’t matter if I win or not… just love this idea.
Please enter me. Thanks.
Heidi
sweet_soul_sistermi@yahoo.com
yeah… going to get organized
Would really like to win this.
with 4 grands in the house, I sure could use this prize!!!
Please enter me.
This is such a great idea – no house with children should be without this!
i hope i win
great idea
If this is still open to enter, please enter my name.
As I type I am rinting the fundraiser info to take to the board. It sounds like a good idea and it IS better than cookie dough.
i have a little one on the way and this would be great to have handy (hopefully we wouldn’t have to use the cpr, but it is good to have this valuable info).
This is a great idea! There have many several times when I needed to find this information quickly
Magnet-ificent!
a genius idea. definitely handy to have in this house, where things tend to go in mouths that really aren’t meant to be there. sigh.
Great idea!
What family could not use these?
Great idea
This would be so useful with the grandbabies, thanks for the giveaway!
I would LOVE these! MY 5 1/2 month old son chocked on a 1 inch loge piece of his teething biscuit and I panicked. I was fortunate it dislodged without me having to call 911. This would be a great necessity for those moments!
please enter me
I SURE COULD USE THIS
I would love to win
great idea!
What a great idea! I’d love to win!
I’d love to be considered!
Nice! Thank you!
I would love to have these. My autistic son doesn’t understand danger, so we have called poison control many times.
This is a great idea that would bring peace of mind in an emergency situation! Thanks!
Thanks for the chance!
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Please enter me in the drawing!!! Thanks!
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This is something everyone should have!
These are too cool!!!
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Enter me please.
COOL PRIZE.
hope i win.
goodcontest
not too bad of a prize. could use it
Count me in please!
Wow!!
This is so great. Really need one.
very important info -thanks
Those look great! Thanks.
Great contest!
This is a great idea! Please enter me to win one! Thanks!
Sounds Handy!
Every home needs this product!
I want these
I’d love this!!
PERFECT FOR US! I RUN A FASTER HOME FOR DISABLED ADULTS AND I CAN USE ALL THIS INFORMATION
Thank you for the contest!
great contest
nice addition to any home
great idea, I’m in and thanks GLA
what a great prize!!!!!
My kids are getting bigger, but I starting to get grandkids. There’s alot more new techiques these days. Please let me win.
Terrific
This is such a great idea!!!
enter me
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What a good idea. Thanks.
If only performing CPR was like riding a bike, huh? Thanks for this important giveaway!
This is an excellent idea.
Thanks for the great contest–please enter me!!
New mom, pick me.
Safety Magnet Needed in this house!! Heeeelllppp!!
This is a great idea
Great gift for a new Mom!
Great contest!
(I’m going to mention this to my husband as a promotional item for his business.) I have taken CPR courses for the last 10 years, and have often thought “what if I can’t remember what to do?” I would love to have the magnets or board, as they are portable, vital information!
This would be a very good precautionary item!
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What a great idea!
This is a life saver!
Sweet niblets!
This wold be so very handy!
This is so important! I need one of these for my house!
great prize
Great prize, would love to win!
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Good luck!
As a mom of three I would love to win this for my family. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Thank you for the chance to win.
ty 4 the contest!
I could always use some new fridge magnets!
A great idea. I agree with other posts, every household should have something similar to this. Would love to win, thanks for the giveaway!
awesome product
This is a great idea. I know so many people who could use these.
Please enter me in the drawing.
What a great giveaway! Thank you!
great idea!
safety first!
i’d love to win this!
What a great idea. It’s hard to stay calm and remember what to do in an emergency. Enter me too please.
What a great idea.
Neat contest!
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What a great idea. I have 3 baby showers to attend in the next few months and I’ll have to pass these on. Thanks 4 the opportunity to win : )
What a great idea. I’d love to win this!
Hope to add to the front of the refrigerator
nice of you you do do this
great prize…GLTA
nice giveaway
this could come in very handy…thanks for entering me
GREAT SAFTEY PRODUCT
These would be nice to have. Thanks!
I would love to win this very useful prize. Please enter me in the contest. Thanks.
Important and very nice idea for a contest.
Count my entry, please.
Whata great idea
Good for my dil and grandson. Thank you for the contest, please enter me
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This is one smart idea! Count me in!
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What a great prize hope I win !!!
Hope I win What great prize !
Hope I can win one of these. Thanks for the opportunity.
Don’t know if you know this or not, but the phone number that is for poison control on these magnets takes you to an inappropriate hotline. My friend learned then when trying to call poison control for something her son got into. This could have turned into a disaster. Just thought you’d want to know.
The number at one time was correct for Poison Control but unbeknownst to us, they changed the number. (In fact, the old number 888-222-1212 is still unfortunately found on many prominient web sites.) We have since taken the number off all of our products and replaced it with Call 911 and we have informed the National Poison Control Center that their old number is still out there. We have also alerted as many customers as we can with this information. Pete