Everyone Should Know CPR, Because Everyone Has Power To Save Lives In Their Hands.
Facts About CPR
- Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in adults.
- Most cardiac arrests occur in persons with underlying heart disease.
- CPR doubles a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest.
- 75% of all cardiac arrests happens away from hospitals.
- The typical victim of cardiac arrest is a man in his early 60's and a woman in her late 60's.
- Cardiac arrest occurs twice as frequently in men compared to women.
- There has never been a case of HIV transmitted by mouth-to-mouth CPR when Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is used.
- In sudden cardiac arrest the heart goes from a normal heartbeat to a quivering rhythm called ventricular fibrillation (VFib). This happens in approximately 2/3rds of all cardiac arrests. VFib is fatal unless an electric shock, called defibrillation, can be given. CPR does not stop VFib but CPR extends the window of time in which defibrillation can be effective. CPR provides trickles of oxygenated blood to the brain and heart and keeps these organs alive until defibrillation can shock the heart into a normal rhythm. If CPR is started within 4 minutes of collapse and defibrillation provided within 10 minutes a person has a greater chance of survival.
A Life Saved through CPR (American Red Cross)
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