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Learn Sarver Heart Center's Continuous Chest Compression CPR
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Health/Wellness; Posted on: 2010-11-23 20:01:03 [ Printer friendly / Instant flyer ]
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Every three days, more Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest
than the number who died in the 9-11 attacks.
You can lessen this
recurring loss by learning Continuous Chest Compression CPR, a
hands-only CPR method that doubles a person’s chance of surviving
cardiac arrest. It’s easy and does not require mouth-to-mouth contact,
making it more likely bystanders will try to help, and it was developed
here at the University of Arizona College of Medicine. “This video is
worth sharing,” said Gordon A. Ewy, MD, director of the UA Sarver Heart Center and one of the research pioneers who developed this method.
Sarver Heart Center’s newest video was developed to make it easy
for people to learn Continuous Chest Compression CPR. Dr. Ewy is hoping
the video, which is posted on YouTube, goes “viral” and gives more
people the opportunity to be lifesavers. “Every day people are asked to
forward e-mails to their entire contact lists. This is one e-mail link
that can truly make a difference in people’s lives,” said Karl B. Kern, MD, professor of medicine at the UA College of Medicine, who chairs the Sarver Heart Center resuscitation group.
So, click on the link and watch the six-minute video; then
send it to everyone in your address book. You may not get gold from a
faraway land, or become thinner, richer, luckier or more popular, but
you are likely to make a huge difference; perhaps saving someone’s life.
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News Source: Univesity of AZ
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