96 minutes of CPR, and success!
Making the rounds of news outlets this week: A Goodhue, MN man collapsed from a heart attack while out to get groceries. Witnesses called 911 and started CPR, then organized a line of 20 or more volunteers to cycle through giving CPR until paramedics could arrive at the scene by helicopter - 96 minutes later. (Goodhue is barely a bump in the road in SE MN.) Thanks to the combined efforts of townspeople, the patient, Howard Snitzer, lived.
Do YOU know CPR? The answer should be yes, especially if you have loved ones. IMO, anyone with family or friends they care about should know CPR. Think about it - if someone you love should be stricken by a heart attack, would you want to be standing there helplessly waiting for an ambulance to arrive? Even if you live somewhere with lightning fast EMS response times, CPR in the first couple of minutes can radically increase the chances of a good outcome for the patient.
CPR is simple to learn. Do it.
Do YOU know CPR? The answer should be yes, especially if you have loved ones. IMO, anyone with family or friends they care about should know CPR. Think about it - if someone you love should be stricken by a heart attack, would you want to be standing there helplessly waiting for an ambulance to arrive? Even if you live somewhere with lightning fast EMS response times, CPR in the first couple of minutes can radically increase the chances of a good outcome for the patient.
CPR is simple to learn. Do it.