Basic First Aid, Basic Life Support (BLS), Bloodborne Pathogens, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

CPR Facts and Stats (quoted from AHA website)Anyone can learn CPR - and everyone should!Sadly, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed. This alarming statistic should hit close to home, because home is exactly where 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur.Put very simply: The life you save with CPR is mostly likely to be someone you love. This June, in honor of National CPR Week, the American Heart Association is calling on all Americans to learn how to give Hands-Only CPR by watching a simple one-minute video at cpr.heart.org/.Once you have learned CPR, give 5 people you care about the power to save lives by equipping them to act quickly in a crisis. Don"™t be afraid; your actions can only help. If you see an unresponsive adult who is not breathing or not breathing normally, call 911 and push hard and fast on the center of the chest.Why Learn CPR?Cardiac arrests are more common than you think, and they can happen to anyone at any time.Nearly 326,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, and 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur at home.Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other heart related 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.