October is National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month!

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

 

Click to download the flyer:

Does your state have legislation about CPR and high school graduation?

News

• AHA Releases New CPR Guidelines (2015)

• Preventing Sudden Death from Cardiac Arrest

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!

•   2013 Circulation article on chest compression CPR