(upbeat music)
(salsa music)
(in foreign language)
- I'm gonna be late for class, so I-
(sighs)
(in foreign language)
- Ahora you feel better.
- Bye, mami!
(in foreign language)
- It's my favorite color too-
- Trust me.
(in foreign language)
Who knows best?
(in foreign language)
- Ma, no, no, no!
We're practicing!
- Hands-only CPR.
(in foreign language)
- We'll show you, okay?
Step one, call 911 if you see a teen
or adult suddenly collapse.
- Step two, push hard and fast.
Put the heel of one hand in the center of the chest,
and put the other hand on top of the first.
- Push hard, straight down, at least two inches.
And push fast, giving 100 to 120 compressions
per minute until help arrives.
(in foreign language) - You got all that, mami?
- I think so!
(in foreign language)
I taught you both so well.
(in foreign language)
(salsa music)
- Hi everyone, thank you for joining us today
to learn how to save a life with hands-only CPR.
My name is Robert Wales
and I'm a paramedic
and a CPR instructor with the American Heart Association.
I'm here today to teach you how
to perform hands-only CPR in recognition of CPR
and AED Awareness Week.
So let's get started with a couple of questions.
As people will continue to join the video,
we're going to run a quick poll
to see where everyone is calling in from
So to join the poll,
text AHACPR to the number 22333
and then vote and tell us which region
you're joining from using A, B, C, D, or E.
So to join the chat,
you're just going to text AHACPR 22333
and then once you've sent that,
you'll be joining the conversation
and you can vote.
I'm joining you today from sunny Florida
or at least it was sunny a few minutes ago,
it's gotten cloudy quick
as we're expecting some rain this afternoon.
We have a number of votes coming in,
looks like the Southwest region is very well-represented.
And a good number of people from everywhere
except the Northeast.
Oh there's some Northeast people, very good.
All right.
Very well-represented in the Western part
of the country, great.
So let's move on to a couple other questions.
This next question's gonna be specific
to the topic at hand of CPR.
About how many cardiac arrests happen outside
of a hospital each year in the United States?
So you would vote A for 175,000,
B for 250,000, so on.
See quite a few votes coming in.
I'll give it just a few more minutes or seconds.
Okay, very good,
the correct answer to that one is C, 350,000.
That's almost 1,000 people per day that go
into cardiac arrest here in the US.
So now let's look a little bit more closely
at where those cardiac arrests happen.
So what percentage of cardiac arrests happen in the home?
So when a cardiac arrest happens outside of the hospital,
what percentage of those happen at home?
That's gonna be our next question.
A is 25%, B is 40%, C is 55%, and D is 70%.
Okay, I'll give it just a few more seconds.
Okay, so for the 27, 28% of you that choose D,
that is correct.
70% of cardiac arrests, outside of the hospital,
happen at home. We'll talk a little bit more about
how significant that is in just a second.
So some of us can go our whole lives
without ever encountering an emergency situation.
So most of us don't really think about it
and we don't prepare for it.
But that's okay, because that's why we're here today.
I'm gonna show you everything you need to know
to help a teen or adult who is in need of CPR.
So cardiac arrest,
is when a person's heart suddenly stops,
it stops beating,
and it's a leading cause of death
among adults in the United States.
As we saw in the poll,
over 350,000 Americans suffer out
of hospital cardiac arrest every year
and about 90% of those die.
If you ever need to perform hands-only CPR,
it will most likely be on someone you love, a friend,
or a family member.
So we just learned that 70% of cardiac arrests
happen in the home,
so it's likely that you'll be using hands-only CPR
in your house on a family or friend.
Hands-only CPR, especially if you perform it immediately,
can double or even triple
a cardiac arrest victim's chance of survival.
So it's a very important step,
so someone is in cardiac arrest
trying to help is always the best option.
So in the next few minutes,
I'm going to walk you through the steps of CPR twice,
to help make sure that you're comfortable
with these steps to save a life.
So let's say we've just walked into the room,
where an adult is laying on the ground.
The first thing you want to do
is see if they respond to you.
So you tap them
and shout "Hey, hey, are you okay?"
They might be gasping for air
and unable to respond
or they might be unconscious.
Either way, this is a good time to get some help,
you don't wanna be taking care of them alone.
If you are alone at the moment,
you'll have to call 911 yourself.
So you just dial 911
and put your phone on speaker and set it in front of you,
so you can continue on with the next steps.
If someone is around,
you say "Hey you, call 911 now!"
and make sure you say it like you mean it,
so they know that it's urgent.
The emergency dispatcher will ask some important questions,
so that help can be sent quickly
and to the right place.
Don't hang up the phone until the dispatcher tells you to.
Once you or someone else has called 911,
you need to start hands-only CPR right away.
We're going to place the heel of one hand
in the center of the chest like this,
and then place the other hand on top like this.
Now we're gonna keep our hand in the center of the chest
and push hard, straight down.
We want to make sure that the chest moves down
at least two inches or six centimeters.
Then, let the chest rise completely back up.
I'm using a CPR Anytime kit to demonstrate today,
this is a good tool
because it has a built in clicker
(heartbeat click)
to teach you how to push hard enough.
Two inches is pretty deep on a chest.
If you wanna buy one of these for yourself,
they're available in our online store, Shop Heart,
and they'll be a link in the comments.
In the mean time,
you can use a pillow to practice.
Make sure that you keep your elbows straight
and use your body weight.
Hands-only CPR should be given
at a rate of 100 to 120 beats per minute.
You could use the beat of a familiar song.
Some examples of songs that use the right beat are
Stayin' Alive by the Bee Gees
or Crazy in Love by Beyonce.
Keep doing CPR until emergency personnel arrive.
I'll demonstrate CPR for you in and out.
(heartbeat clicking)
Okay, it can be a lot of work.
So listen, any CPR is better than no CPR.
There's almost nothing you can do
to make the situation worse
and if you give hands-only CPR till emergency help arrives,
you can dramatically increase
this person's chance of survival.
I'll practice again in a few minutes
and go through the whole sequence,
but first let's ask a couple more survey questions.
Remember you can text your answers to 22333.
The first question is when performing CPR,
what is the rate of compressions
that you should give per minute?
A is 60 to 70,
B 80 to 100,
C 100 to 120,
or D 130 to 150.
Okay, looks like everyone is getting that one right.
C, 100 to 120, that is correct.
We have one more question here,
if you're called to give CPR in an emergency,
you'll most likely be trying to save the life
of someone you love, a child, a spouse, or a friend.
True or false?
Okay, very good,
that is true because 70% of cardiac arrests
happen in the home,
most likely that person is going to be a family member
or a friend who's in the home with you.
So remember cardiac arrest is when
a person's heart stops beating.
This happens 350,000 times a year in America
and about 70% of those happen in the home.
Hands-only CPR doubles or can triple
a cardiac arrest victim's chance of survival.
So let's go through the sequence again,
just for review.
The first thing you do is tap the person
and shout "Hey, hey, are you okay?"
If you're alone,
call 911 yourself.
If others are around, have them call,
make sure you specify who it is
if there are people that you know around,
so the people know it's there responsibility.
"You in the blue shirt, call 911!"
Then we'll start hands-only CPR right away.
We'll place the heel of our hand
in the center of the chest
and put the other hand on top like this.
Keeping your hands in the center of the chest,
we're gonna push hard, straight down.
Make sure the chest moves down at least two inches
and then we'll let it rise back up like this.
Make sure you keep your elbows straight,
you don't wanna push with your arms,
it's a lot of work, use your body weight.
Hands-only CPR should be given
at 100 to 120 beats per minute
and again use a familiar song.
Some other songs that you can use are
Hips Don't Lie by Shakira
or Walk the Line by Johnny Cash,
depending on your genre of preference.
Keep doing CPR until emergency personnel arrive.
I'll show one more time.
(heartbeat clicking)
Okay, you've learned the simple steps
for saving a life with hands-only CPR.
We're gonna put up one more poll question
to see how you feel about giving hands-only CPR,
after learning these steps.
Do you believe that you can save a life
now with hands-only CPR?
Choose A for yes
and B for no.
All right, looks like 100% of you are saying yes,
that's good.
Thank you for joining us today.
Remember that any CPR is better than no CPR at all.
If you'd like to learn more about classes
or to purchase a kit
or just to learn other things about CPR,
such as the difference between a heart attack
and cardiac arrest,
you can go to our website at heart.org/handsonlycpr.
Stay safe everyone
and have a great afternoon,
thank you.