Topic: Hands-Only

American Heart Association releases Spanish-language Hands Only CPR training video

July 21, 2012 |

Nashville, TN – The American Heart Association has just released its lifesaving 2012 Hands-Only CPR training video in a new Spanish-language version, and is encouraging healthcare providers and area leaders to make it widely available to their Hispanic communities.

Nearly 400,000 Americans suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest every year, and almost 90 percent of them die because they don’t receive immediate CPR from someone on the scene.

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American Heart Association, Jennifer Coolidge Take 60 Seconds to Keep You “Stayin’ Alive” with Hands-Only CPR

June 10, 2012 |

CPR Week is this week; PSA premieres today; national awareness campaign supported by $4.5 million grant from WellPoint Foundation

Nashville, TN – Remember disco? The American Heart Association and comedic actress Jennifer Coolidge are pumping new life into a 70s disco classic to help save lives.

The Bee Gees’ hit “Stayin’ Alive” – which is the near-perfect rate for doing chest compressions during CPR – is a centerpiece of the American Heart Association’s new Hands-Only CPR awareness campaign that will ask Americans to take 60 seconds to learn the life-saving skill online, or hands-on at local training events. The campaign and brand-new PSA launch today to mark CPR Week.

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Pick your (digital) body – and push hard and fast to save a life

July 16, 2011 |

New Hands-Only CPR digital application lets you practice at your computer
 
Dallas, TN – Learning the simple steps of Hands-OnlyTM CPR is now even easier – and can be easy on the eyes too.

The American Heart Association has launched a new digital application at www.handsonlycpr.org/handson that walks you through the two steps of Hands-OnlyTM CPR: calling 9-1-1 and pushing hard and fast in the center of the chest until professional help arrives. You try it out on a female or male torso that you choose from a gallery of bodies. When you’re done, you can share the application with friends and family via Facebook or Twitter. «Read the rest of this article»

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