You NEED to learn CPR. CPR is not just for medical professionals like EMTs, doctors and nurses. CPR is for everyone! Every person has the possibility of being right next to someone who might have a medical emergency and need help. How do you help someone who has collapsed and is not breathing normally? CPR. Right here in the Phoenix valley we also have the sad reality of being one of the top locations for drownings every single year. How can you help someone who has drowned? CPR.
Need proof that CPR works? According to a study from Sweden presented in the New England Journal of Medicine, bystander CPR more than doubles the 30 day survival rate for victims of an out of hospital cardiac arrest. Scary reality: for every minute that CPR is delayed, the chance for survival drops 10%. Reality check...how long does it takes for EMS to show up and start helping? Depends on where you are, right? Well, let's be kind and say that it is a 4-6 minute response time. 4 minutes from the time that the person collapsed. That means that if no one started CPR before EMS arrived, their chance for survival is only 60%. If EMS arrived 6 minutes from the moment the person collapsed, the person's chance for survival is only 40%. In many places EMS will not arrive for 10 or more minutes. wow. And that is not addressing brain damage that will affect the survivor. It's not usually an EMT or doctor standing next to the victim when they collapse, it's usually a friend, family member, neighbor or Good Samaritan. And speaking of a Good Samaritan, there are laws protecting Good Samaritans.
What will you do if you are next to someone who collapsed? Are you ready?
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