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Tour will teach
Hands-Only CPR method to the Baton Rouge community
Baton Rouge, La – The Southern University Ag Center has teamed up with
the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Amerigroup Foundation to host the
2015 Hands-Only CPR Mobile Tour in the Capital Area on October 13 in the rear
parking lot of the SU Ag Center, 181 B.A. Little Drive.
The
interactive training will begin with a welcome at 10 a.m. followed by 6 training
sessions at 10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 11:50 a.m., 1 p.m., 1:40 p.m. and 2:20 p.m.
The
tour, which is FREE and open to the public, is a part of the AHA’s nationwide
Hands-Only CPR campaign which teaches Americans how to perform CPR in the event
of an emergency.
Attendees
will practice the Hands-Only method using their own CPR Anytime mannequin and
will take home a kit to teach CPR skills to their family.
According
to the AHA, cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death with over 326,000 out-of-hospital
cases occurring annually in the United States. When a person goes into sudden
cardiac arrest, their survival depends on receiving CPR immediately from
someone nearby. Studies have shown the Hands-Only CPR method is equally as
effective as conventional mouth-to-mouth CPR, and people are more likely to
feel comfortable performing it.
To register for the
Hands-Only CPR Training visit, http://www.suagcenter.com/Forms/Forms.asp?p1=58
For additional
information about the AHA’s Hands-Only CPR campaign, visit heart.org/handsonlycpr or youtube.com/HandsOnlyCPR.
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