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CPR Anytime for Family and Friends
CPR facts and statistics
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What does AED stand for?
ANSWER:
Automated External Defibrillator
FACT
• About 75 percent to 80 percent of all out-ofhospital cardiac arrests happen at home, so
being trained to perform cardiopulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) can mean the difference
between life and death for a loved one.
What does CPR stand for?
ANSWER:
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
http://depts.washington.edu/learncpr/index.html
FACT
• Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately
after cardiac arrest, can double a victim’s
chance of survival.
Can I get in trouble for
performing CPR?
ANSWER:
NO, but Good Samaritan Laws vary from state
to state.
FACT
• CPR helps maintain vital blood flow to the
heart and brain and increases the amount of
time that an electric shock from a defibrillator
can be effective.
What if someone has an injury?
Can I make it worse by doing CPR?
ANSWER:
No. A person whose heart has
stopped must have CPR to survive.
FACT
• Approximately 95 percent of sudden cardiac
arrest victims die before reaching the hospital.
What if I do CPR wrong?
ANSWER:
Without CPR the person will not
survive. Your actions can only help.
FACT
• Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not
inevitable. If more people knew CPR, more
lives could be saved.
FACT
• Brain death starts to occur four to six minutes
after someone experiences cardiac arrest if no
CPR and defibrillation occurs during that time.
Where do most cardiac arrests
happen?
ANSWER:
Almost 80% of cardiac arrests happen
at home, and many are witnessed
by a family member.
FACT
• If bystander CPR is not provided, a sudden
cardiac arrest victim’s chances of survival fall 7
percent to 10 percent for every minute of
delay until defibrillation. Few attempts at
resuscitation are successful if CPR and
defibrillation are not provided within minutes
of collapse.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Most cardiac arrests happen outside the
hospital – such as at the park, at work, or at
home?
FACT
• Coronary heart disease accounts for about
550,000 of the 927,000 adults who die as a
result of cardiovascular disease.
What does AHA stand for?
ANSWER:
AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
FACT
• Approximately 335,000 of all annual adult
coronary heart disease deaths in the U.S. are
due to sudden cardiac arrest, suffered outside
the hospital setting and in hospital emergency
departments. About 900 Americans die every
day due to sudden cardiac arrest.
Where is the AED at GSMS?
ANSWER:
1. Outside the main office
2. In the gym
3. In the nurse’s office
FACT
• Sudden cardiac arrest is most often caused by
an abnormal heart rhythm called ventricular
fibrillation (VF). Cardiac arrest can also occur
after the onset of a heart attack or as a result
of electrocution or near-drowning.
How old do you need to be to
learn CPR?
ANSWER:
There is NO age requirement.
Studies show that children as young
as 9 years old can learn CPR skills.
FACT
• When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, the victim
collapses, becomes unresponsive to gentle
shaking, stops normal breathing and after two
rescue breaths, still isn’t breathing normally,
coughing or moving.