Back in March of 2017, a woman took off from work to spend time with your daughter and her grandson. She suddenly became out of breath and collapsed.
While on the phone with 911, the operator coached her on how to do CPR on her mother. The daughter had training for CPR, but still needed help since this was the first time actually doing it.
The dispatcher told her to stack hand-over-hand and place them in the center of her mom’s chest. The dispatcher then repeated the words “pump, pump, pump” to maintain the rhythm needed to keep blood flowing to her mom’s organs.
With the help of this 911 dispatcher, she provided hands-only CPR on her mom for nearly 10 minutes until the paramedics arrived and took over.
Most deaths due to cardiac arrest are in older adults, particularly those with coronary artery disease. However, cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any age suddenly and without warning. For example, cardiac arrest is becoming the leading cause of death in young athletes lately, but the incidence of it is unclear. Perhaps 1 in every 50,000 sudden cardiac deaths a year occurs in young athletes.
If this were your loved one, would you know what to do? Get your CPR certification today and be prepared for when something like this does happen. Knowing how to do CPR can mean the difference between life and death.