Sudden Cardiac Arrests occur every day. More often than you imagine. In the U.S., there are 559,000 cardiac arrests reported each year. This CPR and AED Awareness Week, lets recognize this incidence for what it is…a Public Health Crisis. Every day, thousands of people utilize their CPR skills to save lives; from bystanders to 911 operators to trained healthcare providers. Someone is alive today because of your knowledge and competence in CPR, and we are so grateful for your actions.
Our mission to eliminate preventable death from sudden cardiac arrest revolves around live-saving CPR, administered by people just like you. However, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR, or their competence has significantly lapsed. Approximately 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur at home. Consequently, the life you save with CPR is mostly likely to be someone you love.
This CPR Week, and in light of this growing public health crisis, we are empowering healthcare providers, telecommunicators and bystanders to understand the impact they can have by utilizing CPR. For bystanders, that means performing immediate hands-only CPR, which you can learn about by watching this instructional video. Telecommunicators can guide others through saving a loved one’s life with High-Quality Telephone CPR, and healthcare provides can ensure that their CPR skills are verifiably competent, instead of merely compliant.
We all have the power to save lives; let’s equip ourselves with the right tools to do so.
Visit these links to learn how you can save a life with CPR:
- CPR Statistics > https://cprblog.heart.org/cpr-statistics/
- CPR Awareness Resources > https://www.laerdal.com/us/information/top-10-cpr-awareness-resources/
- Verified Competence—The New Standard of Care > https://rqipartners.com/about-us/a-new-standard-of-care/
