CPR is cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a lifesaver for cardiac arrest victims
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in our country, for men and for women (little known fact). Here’s another shocking fact for women – 8 times more women die from heart disease than from breast cancer. While we’re looking at facts – more women than men die from heart disease. American Heart Month …
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(Facts from American Heart Association, updated April 2013) Anyone can learn CPR – and everyone should! Sadly, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed. This alarming statistic could hit close to home, …
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Cardiovascular disease and cardiac arrest remove thousands of people from our midst yearly, and most of them do not have advanced heart disease. Everyone that suffers a cardiac arrest requires quick CPR, and quick use of a AED (or defibrillator) to restore a normal heart rhythm. (That’s one of the main reasons we teach people …
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AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers Location: Conference Room, 4046 Highway 154 Newnan (Storage XXtra, AKA 4046 Sharpsburg McCullom Rd.) Address: 4046 Sharpsburg McCullom Rd. (I-85 exit 51) 1/2 mile S of I-85. Date: Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 Time: 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Total Spaces: 8 Cost: $50 American Heart Association Basic Life …
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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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15-year-old student Devon Octave was without heartbeat for 7 minutes, after wrestling practice. The principal at his Hialeah, FL school, Rene Rovirosa, had taken a CPR class 6 days prior to his collapse, and performed CPR until EMT arrived with a defibrillator. Awesome story, and it’s far too common for young, healthy, athletic children …
DEATH IN THE AIR: 16 yr old teen in wheelchair suffers cardiac arrest and dies during Delta flight shortly after takeoff New York Daily News reports a 16-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair died half an hour into his first ever airplane flight Saturday morning in Spokane Wash. The unidentified boy suffered from multiple …
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Newnan CPR provides a service, but the challenge for us, and many other small businesses – is locating the people that might desire your service. There are a few places to assist you to locate service providers. I know when I need a painter, carpenter, etc. – it’s usually word of mouth to friends …
New event Friday Nov. 8, 2013 At GA State University this Friday (Nov. 8), the Healthy Heart Coalition of Fulton County is having a Healthy Heart seminar, with free seminars on stroke, wellness, heart disease, and have asked us to do free Hands-Only CPR. Times are 9:00 am – 3:00 pm, and that’s about …