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An emergency can happen anywhere; your workplace, an airport, a sporting event, or at home. Heartbeat99 courses teach the skills that will prepare you to care for someone in an emergency.

Why should I learn CPR?
Ultimately, to save someone’s life!

CPR facts and statistics:

• About 75 to 80 percent of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen at home, so being trained to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can mean the difference between life and death for a loved one.
• Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after cardiac arrest, can double a victim’s chance of survival.
• CPR helps maintain vital blood flow to the heart and brain and increases the amount of time that an electric shock from a defibrillator can be effective.
• Death from sudden cardiac arrest is not inevitable. If more people knew CPR, more lives could be saved.
• Brain death starts to occur 4 to 6 minutes after someone experiences cardiac arrest if no CPR and defibrillation occurs during that time.
• If bystander CPR is not provided, a sudden cardiac arrest victim’s chances of survival fall 7 percent to 10 percent for every minute of delay until defibrillation. Few attempts at resuscitation are successful if CPR and defibrillation are not provided within minutes of collapse.

Information from The American Heart Association

I am the owner and teacher Cindy Laursen.
Learn more about me at the About Heartbeat 99 page!