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People can jump start a car...but fewer than 1 out of every 10 can perform CPR? ~The American Heart Association
Would you know what to do? "When seconds Count" to save a life? EMT-BASIC CLASS STARTING 21 APRIL 2009
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“More
Than 250,000 People Die Each Year Of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Without Warning
Signs.”
So who are these life-saving classes designed
for? If you answered medical personnel only, than you are only half right.
How about the first time mom, the parents with a child with an enlarged
heart, the grandma whose husband has high blood pressure, the child who has very
bad allergies?
So who are these
life-saving classes designed for? If you answered everyone, than you are
right!
Standard
First Aid and Basic Rescuer
First Aid and CPR training teaches choking
procedures, emergency medical response, and how to respond in
life-threatening situations, as well as, accident prevention and
life-saving techniques.
Specialized
Programs Specialized programs offer specific
training or advanced
skills. Programs include:
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Family &
Friends Community/Group CPR
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CPR for the
Health Care Professional
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AED
Training
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AHA Instructor
Training
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PALS
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ACLS
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EMT-Basic
Training
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Pet
CPR - The life you save may be your best friend !
CPR facts and statistics
- About 75 percent to 80 percent of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen
at home, so being trained to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can
mean the difference between life and death for a loved one.
- Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after cardiac arrest, can
double a victim’s chance of survival.
- CPR helps maintain vital blood flow to the heart and brain and increases the
amount of time that an electric shock from a defibrillator can be effective.
- Approximately 95 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before
reaching the hospital.
- Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not inevitable. If more people knew CPR,
more lives could be saved.
- Brain death starts to occur four to six minutes after someone experiences
cardiac arrest if no CPR and defibrillation occurs during that time.
- If bystander CPR is not provided, a sudden cardiac arrest victim’s
chances of survival fall 7 percent to 10 percent for every minute of delay until
defibrillation. Few attempts at resuscitation are successful if CPR and
defibrillation are not provided within minutes of collapse.
- Coronary heart disease accounts for about 450,000 of the nearly
870,000 adults who die each year as a result of cardiovascular disease.
- Approximately 310,000 of all annual adult coronary heart disease
deaths in the United States are suffered outside the hospital setting and
in hospital emergency departments. Of those deaths, about 166,200 are due to
sudden cardiac arrest.
- Sudden cardiac arrest is most often caused by an abnormal heart rhythm
called ventricular fibrillation (VF). Cardiac arrest can also occur after the
onset of a heart attack or as a result of electrocution or near-drowning.
- When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, the victim collapses, becomes
unresponsive to gentle shaking, stops normal breathing and after two rescue
breaths, still isn’t breathing normally, coughing or moving.
Effectiveness of CPR Anytime in teaching CPR
View the latest published research on the effectiveness of
30-minute CPR.
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