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Trinity CPR, AED & First Aid Solutions in Sleepy Hollow offers classes on learning the skills necessary to save a life.
You never know when you may be faced with a situation in which a family member, friend or stranger ends up in sudden cardiac arrest. You may be the only person around who can help.
Most times, a person's heart stops because of an abnormal quivering known as ventricular fibrillation. A person's life can be saved in more than 50 percent of these cases if CPR (and defibrillation) is given in the first three to five minutes.
In crowded cities where EMS response time is slow the survival rate of victims lowers dramatically. The national average for EMS response time is 12 to 15 minutes. Having more ordinary citizens trained in CPR would help increase survival rates of sudden cardiac arrest victims.
When a person is not breathing, time is of the essence. Irreparable brain damage starts to occur within four to five minutes, followed by death within eight to 10 minutes.
Contact Trinity CPR today to learn these life-saving skills at info@trinitycpraed.com or visit www.trinitycpraed.com