Many people equate Sudden Cardiac Arrest with a heart attack, but that is simply not the case. While a heart attack is caused by a a blockage in a vessel that supplies blood to the heart, Sudden Cardiac Arrest occurs when the heart’s electrical system malfunctions and the heart stops beating. Both of these conditions […]
When 15-year-old high school student Shelby witnessed her grandfather (78) suffer a heart attack, she wasn’t about to let him become a statistic. About 9 out of 10 people who suffer cardiac arrest will die, but Shelby had learned CPR just days before her grandfather toppled over backwards and quit breathing. Shelby told her grandmother […]
He was technically dead.His heart had stopped beating.His clothes were burning. And two bystanders started CPR on the 12-year-old boy, saving his life. Today, Ken Nilson is a firefighter in Bremerton, Washington. “It was an experience that would profoundly change my life forever,” explains Nilson. He makes it a point to teach young children ways […]
Style Snapshot A new Illinois law requires high school students to receive CPR and defibrillator (AED) training before graduation. Inspired by families who lost children to on-campus cardiac emergencies, this legislation sets a precedent for other states. While students can opt out, the goal is to ensure every student understands how to respond in an […]
Style Snapshot Project ADAM is a national outreach program dedicated to preventing sudden cardiac arrest in schools and communities through CPR and AED training. Founded in memory of Michigan student Adam Lemel, the initiative has saved over 85 lives nationwide, proving that awareness and preparation truly save lives. Every once in a while, we like […]
A fifth grader in Michigan performed the Heimlich maneuver on a friend, saving the boy’s life and earning an HVA Life Saving Award from a local EMS company. The Heimlich is part of a First Aid, Life-Saving course, which should include CPR. It’s never to soon to know how to recognize an emergency or threat, […]
You’ve seen the videos on YouTube of pre-coordinated dance flash mobs that appear in crowded malls and outdoor shopping centers. But this weekend in Las Vegas, there was a CPR flash mob organized to raise awareness of how easy it is to perform CPR! American Red Cross volunteers and local firefighters organized a CPR flash […]
