National CPR/AED Awareness Week  June 1-7

You can triple a victim’s chance of survival when you take these immediate lifesaving actions:

1. Call 911 for emergency assistance
2. Push as hard and fast as you can on the victim’s chest until someone comes to help
3. Send someone to find an AED (automated external defibrillator), turn it on and follow the voice prompts

	Selfies with AEDs: take a pic of you or your child with an AED and post it today!

How you can prevent sudden cardiac death in young people:

• Know the Warning Signs of SADS
  

• Take the Risk Assessment with your child and his/her physician

• Learn CPR

• Advocate for CPR training for all high school graduates
  Click here to see if your state has passed a law.

• Make sure your school is safe too!
  

• 911 Emergency dispatchers can help with CPR. Click here to find out how.
  

Videos

• SADS Connect for Youth: "What to do in an emergency!"

• Heart Rescue Project: Save A Life Simulator

• American Red Cross: Hands-Only CPR Instructions

• American Heart Association: Hands-Only CPR

• Snider Community Heart Watch: A 5-year Old Learns CPR

Resources

• www.LearnCPR.org
  • CPR info sheets, pocket giudes, etc.--including CPR for cats and dogs!