CPR and WHY you should know it!

Why should everyone in your workplace should know CPR? Simply stated because it saves lives. It could be a life of a loved one or a life of a guest or friend. The American Heart Association and other companies have made it easy for you to not only learn CPR but also has made CPR easier to administer.

Why should you know CPR? Because of the following reasons:

• Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the #1 cause of deaths in America
• Immediate, effective CPR could more than double a victim's chance of survival
• Knowing and performing CPR can more than double survival for a SCA victim

The Hands-Only CPR is the new way to save lives and even has a "catchy tune" to go along with it.
If you happen to witness someone collapse there are two steps:

• Call 911
• Push hard and fast in the center of the chest to the beat of the disco song from the 80's "Stayin' Alive."

Push on the chest at a rate of at least 100 beats per minute.
 

Push to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" and you could save a life.

- See more at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/CommunityTraining/CommunityPrograms/CPR-Week_UCM_427219_SubHomePage.jsp#sthash.pVVrj3nM.dpuf

Immediate, effective CPR could more than double a victim's chance of surviva - See more at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/CommunityTraining/CommunityPrograms/CPR-Week_UCM_427219_SubHomePage.jsp#sthash.pVVrj3nM.dpuf

• Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the U.S.
   
• Everyone should know how to perform CPR in an emergency.
   
• Immediate, effective CPR could more than double a victim's chance of survival.
   
• Push on the chest at a rate of at least 100 beats per minute.
   
• Push to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" and you could save a life.

• For more information on Hands-Only CPR.

- See more at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/CommunityTraining/CommunityPrograms/CPR-Week_UCM_427219_SubHomePage.jsp#sthash.pVVrj3nM.dpuf

• Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the U.S.
   
• Everyone should know how to perform CPR in an emergency.
   
• Immediate, effective CPR could more than double a victim's chance of survival.
   
• Push on the chest at a rate of at least 100 beats per minute.
   
• Push to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" and you could save a life.

• For more information on Hands-Only CPR.

- See more at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/CommunityTraining/CommunityPrograms/CPR-Week_UCM_427219_SubHomePage.jsp#sthash.pVVrj3nM.dpuf

• Sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the U.S.
   
• Everyone should know how to perform CPR in an emergency.
   
• Immediate, effective CPR could more than double a victim's chance of survival.
   
• Push on the chest at a rate of at least 100 beats per minute.
   
• Push to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" and you could save a life.

• For more information on Hands-Only CPR.

- See more at: http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRAndECC/CommunityTraining/CommunityPrograms/CPR-Week_UCM_427219_SubHomePage.jsp#sthash.pVVrj3nM.dpuf

Avatars teach CPR to assist in SCA Survival

In our world where everything is controlled by technology - what a great idea to mesh technology plus CPR training. We know that most kids learn from technology these days with cell phones, apps for cell phones and video games.

High school students are thrilled about learning CPR by using video gaming technology. According to the Journal of Medical Internet Research students are dealing with avatars that are controlled by CPR instructors in different scenario's. During these 90-120 minute training students learn protocol of paramedics, how to gather information and how to perform CPR effectively.

Students appear to be more confident in their abilities to perform CPR in an effective way and their attention level was higher and grabbed their attention better than classroom training.


According to University of Georgia's Director of Sports Medicine Ron Courson "Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States," Courson said. "Emergency medical services treat approximately 300,000 victims of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) every year. About 92% of SCA victims die before reaching the hospital, but statistics prove that if more people knew CPR, more lives could be saved. Immediate CPR can double, or even triple, a victim's chance of survival. With SCA, every minute counts. For each minute delay in the use of an automated external defibrillator, the chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest decreases 10%. Emergency preparedness is the key to survival with SCA."

However you choose to learn CPR - Learn it. You can contact the American Heart Association for more information.