David Steidl

Com 1201

March 4, 2010

Would you be able to help

a person who collapsed and

wasn’t breathing?

What if it was your own family member?

OR

CPR can be the difference between life and death!

Sudden Cardiac Arrest kills approximately 335,000 adults every year (cprdude 1)

That is equivalent to 900 people a day (cprdude 1)

80% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur at home (americanheart 1)

95% of cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital (americanheart 1)

CPR works to keep the heart and lungs working hand in hand to circulate oxygen throughout the body and continue to perfuse the brain and other vital organs

After 4 minutes without oxygen brain damage is likely to occur (thinksafe 1)

After 10 minutes the victim’s chance of survival drops to 1 out of 100

Swift performance of CPR can more than double a victim’s chance of survival

CPR keeps oxygen flowing to the brain and other vital organs while awaiting an ambulance

Learning CPR can afford you the confidence to save someone you love or even a stranger’s life

Call your local Red Cross or the American Heart Association to find a CPR class near you

DON’T WAIT ANTOHER DAY OR YOU MAY BE TOO LATE!

http://thinksafe.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/cpr-facts-

statistics. Web March 1, 2010.

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier

=4483. Web February 27, 2010.

http://www.cprdude.com/cpr-facts.shtml. Web March 4,

2010.