A Heartsaver CPR course will be offered by Cook County Community Education from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 15 at the YMCA.
The class will cover adult, child, and infant CPR and be led by Pam Taylor, a certified CPR instructor.
Anyone can learn CPR – and everyone should! Sadly, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed. This alarming statistic could hit close to home, because home is exactly where 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur. Cardiac arrests are more common than you think, and they can happen to anyone at any time. Consider:
. Nearly 383,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, and 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur at home (four out of every five).
. Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors.
. Sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack.
. Sudden cardiac arrest occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating.
. A heart attack occurs when the blood supply to part of the heart muscle is blocked. A heart attack may cause cardiac arrest.
Call Community Education at (218) 387-2000, ext. 616 or stop by to register or for more information.
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