YOU COULD SAVE A LIFE BY WATCHING THIS VIDEO!

If you could save a life, would you? I know I would. I have had my First Aid CPR training, but this is new to me. It is Continuous Chest Compression CPR. It is for someone that is in Cardiac Arrest (Heart Attack).

Every three days, more Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest than the number who died in the 9-11 attacks. Up to 45,000 cardiac arrests occur each year in Canada. You can lessen this recurring loss by learning Continuous Chest Compression CPR, a hands-only CPR method that doubles a person’s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. It’s easy and does not require mouth-to-mouth contact, making it more likely bystanders will try to help, and it was developed at the University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Be a lifesaver; not a bystander. Learn Continuous Chest Compression CPR from Gordon A. Ewy, MD, and Karl Kern, MD, the physician researchers who developed this new approach to CPR.

Be a Lifesaver with Continuous Chest Compression CPR

If you see someone collapse who isn’t responsive and has trouble breathing:

1.     Tell someone to call 911 or make the call yourself.

2.     Position the person with the back on the floor. Place the heel of one hand on the center of the chest (between the nipples) and the heel of the other hand on top of the first. Lock your elbows, position your shoulders over your hands and use your upper-body weight to “fall” downward. Lift your hands slightly each time to allow the chest wall to recoil. Try to compress at 100 beats per minute and about 2 inches deep until emergency help arrives.

Note: Mouth-to-mouth CPR still is recommended for drowning and very small children. 

Facts about cardiac arrest
Did you know...

• Overall, the rates of survival from cardiac arrest are almost four times greater with CPR.
• In some parts of Canada, the number of bystanders who know how to perform CPR is very low.
• 35 to 55% of cardiac arrests are witnessed by a bystander — usually a family member or friend.
• Less than 5% of people who experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital survive, largely because CPR is not performed at all or not started soon enough.
• Cardiac arrest survival rates increase when bystanders follow the first three links in the Chain of Survival™:
  • phoning 9-1-1 or your local emergency number.
  • performing CPR right away.
  • providing defibrillation as soon as possible.
• 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.
• Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not inevitable. If more bystanders knew and performed CPR, more people would reach the hospital alive and more lives could be saved.
• Brain death starts to occur within 4 to 6 minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest if CPR and defibrillation do not occur during that time.
• If bystander CPR is not provided, a sudden cardiac arrest victim’s chances of survival fall 7 to 10% for every minute that passes without CPR.
• Defibrillation using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) must be performed within minutes of a cardiac arrest. An AED is less likely to return the heart to a normal rhythm if CPR has not been performed prior to applying the AED. Few attempts at resuscitation are successful if CPR and defibrillation are not provided within minutes of collapse.  

 So now know that you can help a Cardiac Arrest Victim.