CPR can Save a Life - Become Educated in CPR!

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• At least one child dies from choking on food every five days in the U.S., and more than 10,000 children are taken to a hospital emergency room each year for food-choking injuries. (according to the NYS Department of Health)

• Accidental injuries, including choking and drowning, are the leading cause of death in children and send over 16 million kids a year to the emergency room.

• CPR TIME LINE
   

  0-4 mins.- brain damage unlikely

  4-6 mins.- brain damage possible

  6-10 mins.- brain damage probable

  over 10 mins.- probable brain death

   

• CPR saves lives. Statistics show that the earlier CPR is initiated, the greater the chances of survival. In fact, 100,000 to 200,000 lives of adults and children could be saved each year if CPR were performed early enough.(according to the American Heart Association estimates)
   

• According to the American Heart Association some of the common causes of "sudden death" that may require CPR include:

  • Choking

  • Drowning

  • Heart Attacks

  • Severe Allergic Reactions

  • Electric Shock

  • Drug Overdose

  • Suffocation

• Just 5 minutes of training on defibrillator use and 20 minutes of instruction in CPR was as effective!!! (according to The study, led by Dr. Ahamed Idris, professor of emergency medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) consists of mouth-to-mouth respiration and chest compression. CPR allows oxygenated blood to circulate to vital organs such as the brain and heart. CPR can keep a person alive until more advanced procedures (such as defibrillation - an electric shock to the chest) can treat the cardiac arrest. CPR started by a bystander doubles the likelihood of survival for victims of cardiac arrest. It was invented in 1960.

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More about Choking:

• CDC

• Prevention of Choking, Strangulation, and Suffocation in Childhood Medical Library

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Drowning facts

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• In 2005, of all children 1 to 4 years old who died, almost 30% died from drowning. Although drowning rates have slowly declined, fatal drowning remains the second-leading cause of unintentional injury-related death for children ages 1 to 14 years.

• Drowning isn't seasonal; it occurs year round, 70% of the time within homes

• Children can drown in as little as 1 inch of water.

• Drowning victims who are rescued from the water need CPR immediately?before the paramedics arrive. It can prevent brain damage and be the difference between life and death. (NSKC)

 

More about drowning:

• CDC

• Submersions Related to non-Pool on-Spa, CPSC

 

General facts

• About 92,000 people are saved by CPR in the US each year (according to AHA).

• Studies have shown that memory of CPR skills and knowledge tends to deteriorate as early as three months after training, even among highly trained professionals -- including doctors, nurses, and more.(according to the American Heart Association)

• There has never been a case of HIV transmitted by mouth-to-mouth CPR (according to Mickey Eisenberg M.D.)
   

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To read more about Keeping Kids Safe checkout the CDC site.

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*** In any case of an emergency call 911.​