Tag Archives: Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Student rescuer jumps into action!
Trevor Brown didn’t think or hesitate, he just acted when he saw a stranger have a cardiac event and stop breathing at Del Mar Highlands Town Center on April 10.
Compression only CPR improves survival with good brain function
December 10, 2012
Study Highlights:
A new Japanese study shows that early compression-only CPR, without rescue breathing, kept more people alive with good brain function after they had a sudden cardiac arrest.
Survival rates of more than 40 percent were noted when cardiac arrests were observed, bystanders provided early compression-only CPR, and an electric shock was [...]
The problem with manual CPR
Approximately 460,000 individuals die every year from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
CPR & Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Fact Sheet
Anyone can learn CPR – and everyone should!
9-1-1 dispatchers can save more lives by coaching bystanders in CPR
Statement Highlights:
Dispatchers should help 9-1-1 callers identify cardiac arrest victims and coach callers to provide immediate CPR.
If more dispatchers followed these processes, thousands of lives could be saved every year.
Communities [...]
Learn CPR for the holidays!
The busy holiday season kicked in and so did the threat of the holiday heart attack.
Colorado Gives Day is December 6th and the American Heart Association is participating!
What is Colorado Gives Day?
Colorado Gives Day was created by the Community First Foundation and FirstBank with the goal to inspire and unite Coloradans in supporting hundreds of local nonprofits and to make Colorado Gives Day the largest day of giving in the state.
Do Your Neighbors Know CPR?
Your chance of surviving sudden cardiac arrest may depend on what neighborhood you live in, a new study suggests.
Secondary students should be required to receive CPR training.
American Heart Association Science Advisory
CPR training and an overview of automated external defibrillators should be required for high school graduation, according to an American Heart Association advisory.
Such mandatory training would rapidly increase the number of people ready to respond to sudden cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in the United States.
DALLAS, Jan. 10, 2011 [...]
Who’s the next generation of lifesavers..? Students!
A new scientific advisory, published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, calls for state legislatures to mandate that CPR and AED training be required for graduation- and You’re the Cure advocates in a number of states are helping to make it happen to help save lives from sudden cardiac arrest.