American Heart Association and Partners Want To Teach You How to Save Lives with CPR
(Washington, DC) — Got a minute? Then you can learn how to help save someone’s life. During National CPR Week, the American Heart Association, DC Fire and EMS, All Heart Training, and WASH-FM with support from DC City Council will hold a press conference and a free hands-only CPR training to raise awareness about the critical importance of learning CPR.
Each participant in the training will receive a Family & Friends® CPR Anytime® Personal Learning Program that allows anyone to learn the core skills of CPR in just 20 minutes using their own personal kit. The kit contains everything needed to learn basic CPR, AED skills and choking relief anywhere, from the comfort of your home to a large group setting. The American Heart Association is also seeking people to join our CPR Dance!
WASH-FM personalities Loo Katz and Chilli Amar will be on hand to emcee the event.
What: DC CPR Training Day and Press Conference
When: Thursday, June 6
Where: Freedom Plaza, Washington DC 20004
Agenda:
Freedom Plaza CPR Training
11:00am: Registration-Receive Kit – participants in the FREE CPR training must sign up for the Family & Friends® CPR Anytime® kits either onsite or through Evenbrite at: http://flashmobcprdc.eventbrite.com
11:45am: First CPR Training Session with DC Fire and EMS
12:15pm: Surprise Entertainment - Know disco? You can save a life if you do. Get down to the song “Stayin’ Alive” and learn how to save a life! Preregister at: http://flashmobcprdc.eventbrite.com
12:30pm: Second CPR Training Session with DC Fire and EMS
1:00pm: Event end
Why: Cardiac arrests are more common than you think, and they can happen to anyone at any time. Nearly 300,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, and 80 percent of cardiac arrests occur at home.
· Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors.
· Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack.
· Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating.
· A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest.
Know disco? You can save a life if you do. If you see a teen or adult collapse, call 9-1-1 and push hard and fast in the center of the chest to the beat of the classic disco song “Stayin’ Alive.”
The American Heart Association is urging people to take 60 seconds to watch a Hands-Only CPR instructional video so they are equipped to act in a cardiac emergency. The video, which can be viewed at www.andsonlycpr.org teaches the simple steps to help an adult who is in cardiac arrest. In fact, a recent study shows that just watching a short instructional CPR video greatly increases the chances that bystanders will attempt CPR.
Taking the time to watch the video is important because 70 percent of Americans have never been trained in CPR or their training has significantly lapsed. And when people lack confidence and knowledge of CPR, the odds of survival get worse for victims of cardiac arrest: Less than one-third of those victims get CPR from bystanders.
Hands-Only CPR involves two simple steps: 1. Call 9-1-1 and 2. Push hard and fast on the center of the chest until professional help arrives. The American Heart Association has endorsed Hands-Only CPR as a treatment for adult cardiac arrest victims since 2008, and studies have shown it is as effective as CPR with breaths. In addition, people who watch a brief Hands-Only CPR training video are significantly more likely to attempt CPR, according to a recent study published in the association’s scientific journal Circulation.
Hands-Only CPR is recommended for adults who suffer a cardiac arrest at home, at work or in another public location. Children under eight years old still need full CPR with chest compressions and breaths since the cause of their cardiac arrest is typically respiratory-related. For more information about CPR Week or Hands-Only CPR, visit www.handsonlycpr.org.
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About the American Heart Association
The American Heart Association is devoted to saving people from heart disease and stroke – America’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers. We team with millions of volunteers to fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies, and provide lifesaving tools and information to prevent and treat these diseases. The Dallas-based association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. To learn more or join us, call 1-800-AHA-USA1 or any of our offices around the country, or visit heart.org.
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