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Show LEARN TO SAVE A LIFE CPR is saving lives. More than 25 percent of the million people who suffer heart attacks every year have died within two hours, many of them before they could be rushed to a hospital. But a way is available to reduce the heart attack death rate. CPR - cardiopulmonary cardiopulmon-ary resuscitation, is one of the most effective answers now available for dealing with the severest heart attacks at-tacks during the crucial 10 minutes after they occur. The Department of Health, Safety and Research of the Combined Insurance Co. of America reports that so many lives have been saved by having people trained in CPR, that the company is encouraging its sales force and office personnel - and their families - to learn how to administer it. What is cardiopulmonary resuscitation? Cardio - refers re-fers to the heart. Pulmonary Pulmon-ary - refers to the lungs. Resuscitation - refers to using artificial means to revive re-vive a person. This technique Involves two alternating processes: one - pressing down at short intervals on the victim's breastbone to force the heart to resume pumping blood through the body; and two, breathing into the victom's mouth to supply oxygen to the lungs and body cells. Ideally, two people should administer CPR In a rhythmic rhy-thmic procedure based on careful counting, but one can do it in an emergency. The need forteachingCPR to as many people possible stems from the fact that when a heart attack victim is unconclous for 10 minutes min-utes without resumption of normal breathing, the re-. re-. suit can be brain damage -or death. Heart Association statistics statis-tics show that of the million who suffer heart attacks each year, about 650,000 die. CPR must be started immediately im-mediately after a person becomes be-comes unconscious. Anyone interested in learning how to be a CPR life saver, get in touch with their local Red Cross Chapter, Chap-ter, Heart Association or hospital and sign up for the next free community course. |