February of 2020 is the 57th year of “American Heart Month” – a month to focus on lowering the number of deaths each year from heart disease. The original proclamation regarding Heart Month was made by President Lyndon Johnson Dec. 20, 1963, and has carried forward through to Pres. Trump. Newnan CPR committed in 2013 …
February 2018 will be the 55th year of “American Heart Month”, a month to focus on the leading cause of the death in The U.S., This started back in Dec. 1963, when a joint resolution of Congress requested that all Presidents proclaim Feb. as American Heart Month, which Pres. Johnson did on Dec. 30th, 1963, …
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Last Week of Free CPR Courses We’ve been teaching “Free CPR for the Community” courses the last 2 1/2 weeks of Feb., (9 so far) all over south Atlanta areas. There’s just 1 more week left, and 8 more courses. The last week of February Free CPR courses, non-certification, are Feb. 20th through Feb 25th. …
American Heart Month Again we are doing Free CPR training during American Heart Month (February). 2018 marks year 55 of “American Heart Month”, which began as a joint resolution of Congress in 1963. It was accompanied by a declaration from Pres. Lyndon Johnson, stating the goal of American Heart Month is to take time to look …
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Heartsaver CPR courses Make 2017 the year that you Learn CPR ! Below is our Heartsaver CPR/AED course schedule. Most cardiac arrests happen in the home or your workplace – not in the hospital. Whether or not your co-worker or loved ones survive cardiac emergencies largely depends on how quickly someone begins CPR. Please call …
2017 Course Schedule Released It’s now officially 2017, so we urge you to follow through on your New Years’ resolution to Learn CPR ! Whether or not having CPR skills is required by your employer – you need to learn CPR. It might be you in a position to save a loved one suffering …
This may lose a few non-technical people, with terms like “coronary perfusion pressure”, but bear with me. This excellent video drives at the heart of what CPR is, why it’s so important to saving the life of a cardiac arrest victim, and why over the past 8 years chest compressions have increased in importance. Yes, …
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The month of February, for the last 10 years, has been designated by our President as “American Heart Month”. We’re sure it will happen this year, also, as cardiovascular disease is the #1 killer of Americans. More men (and women) die per year from heart disease/stroke/cardiac arrest than from all forms of cancer. So in …
AEDs save lives. A person that suffers cardiac arrest really needs chest compressions started within 2 minutes, and ideally, an AED used to shock the heart within 5 minutes. Each minute that defivrillation is delayed reduces the CA victim’s chance of survival by 7%-10%. EMS does a great job, but, the fact is they …
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