Hands-Only CPR focuses on chest compressions (which keep the patient's blood flowing to vital organs) and the use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) when available. Learning how to save a life by performing Hands-Only CPR only takes 30 minutes.  Hands-Only CPR does not require mouth-to-mouth breathing.

 

Fewer than 25% of victims of sudden cardiac arrest receive help from bystanders…yet rapid response is critical to survival. 

 

For each minute a victim of sudden cardiac arrest is without CPR, survival rates drop by 10%. 

 

Most bystanders fail to do CPR - for fear of failure, fear of doing harm or fear of germs/contracting an illness - yet it is better to do SOMETHING rather than nothing at all!