Why you need CPR training!

Each year in the United States, about 356,000 cardiac arrests occur in out of hospital settings. Sadly, over 90% of them are fatal. What can be done to raise the survival rate?

In about 40% of cases, bystanders initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and in 6% of instances of cardiac arrest, an automated external defibrillator (AED) was used. Imagine what the survival rate could be if more people were trained in providing effective CPR! Imagine if you were one of them!

Surely knowing how to call emergency medical services is the first vital link in the Chain of Survival, but being the second link - being the provider of early chest compressions and ventilations - is just as important. Whether you live in a rural area where EMS resources are spread thin, or in a busy urban setting where congestion can delay the arrival of help, knowing CPR can be the difference between the 90% and the 10%.

You need to know CPR - we can help. Contact us today to set up a class for you, your friends and family, your job site, your school or your organization.