Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency medical procedure provided to someone with an cardiac arrest, by anyone who knows CPR until professional medical help can be provided.
November is CPR month and shockingly only 30% of Torontonians know about CPR .
The Heart and Stroke Foundation has good information on CPR in simple language. There is also a lot of free CPR training events across Canada this month, one of them for South Asians this Saturday November 14th in Scarborough. Details below.
Here is the basics on CPR and here you can find more detailed resources in South Asian languages from HSF.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency procedure involving chest compressions (pressing down on the chest) and artificial respiration (rescue breathing). It has the power to restore blood flow to someone suffering cardiac arrest, keeping them alive until an ambulance arrives.
Why get trained?
Once the heart stops pumping, seconds count. For every minute that passes without help, a person’s chance of surviving drops by about 10%. But if you know how to respond to a cardiac arrest, a person’s odds of survival and recovery may increase by 30% or more.
Learning CPR is easy and inexpensive – just a few hours could make an important difference in someone’s life. Find out about the different kinds of CPR courses available.
Since most cardiac arrests happen at home, you could be saving the life of a family member or friend.
Here is details of an upcoming FREE CPR training event
HEART AND STROKE FOUNDATION
in partnership with
UNITED TAMIL COUNCIL OF CANADA (UTCC)
SOUTH ASIAN PROFESSIONAL NETWORK FOR HEALTH AWARENESS(SAPNA)
Present
FREE CPR SKILLS, AED AWARENESS AND HEALTHY LIVING FOR TAMILS EVENT
Including talk by Dr. Pon Sivaji
Date:Saturday, November 14, 2009
Time:9:00am – 12:00pm
Location:Eastown Banquet Hall
Street:2648 Eglinton Ave East, Scarborough, ON
