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    Study Finds Less Than 1 In 3 Toronto Bystanders Who Witness A Cardiac Arrest Try To Help
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    Minimal training is required and people can learn CPR or how to use an AED in an emergency by listening to the dispatcher's coaching until paramedics and fire fighters arrive. "You can learn CPR in 20 minutes with a personal learning kit available through the Heart and Stroke Foundation website (http://www.heartandstroke.ca/restart) or by simply watching a video on Youtube ... I believe that we should be teaching CPR and AED use in all schools so that helping someone in cardiac arrest is a learned behaviour. You may never need to use your training but if you are a witness, you will be more likely to jump in and help. If you do nothing, very few will survive." Under Ontario's Good Samaritan Act of 2001, bystanders who assist others with all good intentions are not liable. Full Article at Medical News Today
    You can learn CPR in 20 minutes with a personal learning kit available through the Heart and Stroke Foundation website (http://www.heartandstroke.ca/restart) or by simply watching a video on Youtube ... I believe that we should be teaching CPR and AED use in all schools so that helping someone in cardiac arrest is a learned behaviour. You may never need to use your training but if you are a witness, you will be more likely to jump in and help. If you do nothing, very few will survive.
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 4 weeks ago
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Study Finds Less Than 1 In 3 Toronto Bystanders Who Witness A Cardiac Arrest Try To Help
  1. Even if you perform hands-only CPR, and focus on compressing the chest, you can give a victim of cardiac arrest as much as a 1 in 2 chance of surviving
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 4 weeks ago
  2. Over the last four years, we have been working hard with paramedics and firefighters in Southern Ontario to increase the survival rate of people who experience cardiac arrest outside of the hospital ... Since 2004, our efforts have managed to triple the survival rate in the Toronto area but it is still ...
    SOURCE: Medical News Today 4 weeks ago

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