CPR

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Have you ever been in a situation where you saw someone that needed CPR? Have you ever given someone CPR? Are you certified in CPR? CPR is not a scary joke. If you see someone just laying there on the ground, what do you do?

Learning CPR is something that you should probably learn. Why? Because according to American Heart Association there are 383,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, and 88% of cardiac care arrests occur at home. Sudden cardiac arrests are not the same as heart attacks. Sudden cardiac arrests occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating.

You can save someone when performing CPR. How do you do CPR? Everyone knows that CPR is 30 pushes on the chest and 2 breaths and you keep doing that until medical professionals come. But there's more to than just that. At the American Heart Association website, under the CPR&ECC tab, you'll find multiple ways to learn more about CPR and how you can save someone.

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