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 …
This February is the 60th year of “American Heart Month”. In February, we concentrate efforts on the leading cause of death for men and women in the U.S. This started with President Lyndon Johnson Dec. 20, 1963, and has carried forward each year since. Newnan CPR proclaimed in 2013 we would offer “Free Hands-Only CPR” …
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Win a Free Zoll AED Plus A giveaway from Zoll – Register by March 6th. Zoll is having a drawing for a Free Zoll AED Plus, they will draw and giveaway the nicest (non-Pro) AED on the market, on March 7. Register by Mar. 6th, and you might be the winner. This is not …
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February Free CPR courses To celebrate American Heart Month (that’s the entire month of February, http://bit.ly/2knQZTQ ), Newnan CPR is again offering February Free CPR courses, non-certification, to our communities. In 15 locations, dates/times during the month. We’ll teach the American Heart Association Family & Friends CPR course for free (non-certification) this month …
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The American Heart Association and WellPoint Foundation are bringing the “Stayin Alive Hands-Only CPR mobile tour to Atlanta, this Saturday, Sept. 20. In conjunction with the Heart Walk, to be held at Centennial Olympic Park, the AHA instructors will be showing people free CPR, also teaching people to dance like John Travolta 🙂 The Hands-Only …
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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Since it’s now February, it is American Heart Month. I haven’t seen a “Presidential Proclamation” of such, but the American Heart Association is proceeding – urging all Americans to focus some time on the problem of cardiovascular disease in this country. Did you know that, although deaths from heart disease have dropped over 35% in …
Management at Chick-fil-A Dwarf House has invited us to teach “Free Hands-Only CPR” to their customers on Family Night on Tues. Sept. 17. Times are 5:30 pm til 8:00 pm. The Chick-fil-A cow is planning to be there to learn, and folks attending get a free ice cream cone and a free kids grilled …
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I guess just our Facebook friends knew about this ahead of time. Management at Ashley Park in Newnan gave us permission to teach free, Hands-Only CPR – so we went there this afternoon and did just that. We were there about 1 3/4 hours, and provided 46 people an opportunity to learn about Hands-Only …
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The American Heart Assn. originated the idea of Hands-only CPR, in 2008. Since 2010, All 3 national emergency care training organizations support the concept and teach it. Here’s an Advisory Statement from the National Safety Council. Don’t know CPR? You can still make a difference! For un-trained bystanders, chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth still helps! …
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Hands-Only CPR interests a lot of people for two big reasons: (1) Because medical studies have shown it is more effective (survival to hospital discharge) for witnessed collapse of teens and adults (from apparent cardiac arrest) than traditional compressions and breaths. (2) Because people are reluctant to put their mouth on a stranger’s …
Hands-only CPR, also called Compressions-Only CPR (COCPR), is relatively new concept, just recommended since 2008. Recent studies have shown it is more effective than traditional CPR (compressions and mouth-mouth breaths) for lay responders,, in cases of a witnessed collapse of adult or teen. If you see a teen or adult collapse, that does not respond, …
Real life story of a 33 year old Mom that suffered cardiac arrest, with “New CPR”, or Hands-Only CPR, performed by her husband. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/14/cheating.death.harden.cpr/#cnnSTCVideo Learn CPR – Save a Life !
High-quality CPR (the type that saves lives) starts with proper hand position on the chest. Here’s a graphic that shows proper hand placement. On most fit/thin/healthy body weight people – halfway between the nipples works great. On all people, bring your hands from their underarms inward, and that’s the proper hand position. Usually, halfway between …