Be CPR Smart this Summer

 

The temperatures are rising in Arizona, and along with it comes lazy days in the pool.  It’s this time of year that we are especially reminded how important it is to know how to respond in an emergency cardiac event.  4 out of 5 cardiac emergencies occur outside of a hospital setting, and roughly only 10% of victims survive the event.  But immediate application of Hands-Only CPR can double or triple survival rates.

Hands Only CPR takes only 2 minutes to learn, and has only 2 steps.  1) Call 9-1-1 and 2) Push hard and fast in the center of the chest at 100 beats per minute.  This is the same as the rhythm in the popular song by the Bee Gee’s “Stayin’ Alive.” 

Each year, in Arizona around 5,000 people die from sudden cardiac arrest and primarily because they did not get timely bystander CPR.  Why not take two minutes this summer to learn Hands Only CPR? The life you save may be the life of someone you love.

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