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Who Should Know CPR? EVERYONE!!!

Who should know CPR...really, EVERYONE! Now, when you listen to instructions from people, some will say it's so easy even a kid can do it. And this time it is true. Wow, truly a great story coming out of Marietta GA as rebroadcast on www.EMS1.com. A mother was screaming when she realized that her infant wasn't breathing. In steps the responders...two kids? Yep that is right two kids who learned the steps of CPR from signs in their own school were able to instruct the mother on how to do CPR and now the infant is alive to continue bringing joy to her family.

Over the years, CPR has changed drastically. First you weren't able to do compressions if you felt a pulse, now you can. Before the biggest emphasis was on opening the airway and breathing, and now it is on compressions. Before you had to attend a lengthy CPR course to receive certification, and now the American Heart Association has utilized commercials to instruct on their Push Hard and Fast Campaign.

So why haven't you taken a CPR course yet...Oh you have, of course most of my readers or from the EMS field, my question is then why haven't you helped start a community based CPR program. You look at the communities that have started such programs and the cardiac survival rate frmo Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the highest in the nation.

LET US TEACH CPR TO EVERYONE

Take Care and Stay Safe

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