>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THIS MORNING WE’RE CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING CPR AT 7
O’CLOCK WE BROUGHT YOU THE
STORY OF THIS 16 YEAR-OLD TO
COLLAPSE WHILE RUNNING ON A
TREADMILL AT THE GYM NEAR HER
HOME
IN MELBOURNE. LEXI SEEM AS DAD
TOLD US THAT HIS DAUGHTER HAD
BEEN PERFECTLY HEALTHY UNTIL
THAT DAY WHEN SHE SUFFERED
SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST AND
LITERALLY DROP DEAD. BUT SHE’S
ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE A STRANGER
AT THAT GYM HAD
TAKEN CPR AS A
REQUIREMENT IS AT HIS OFFICE TO
OTHERS THEN JOINED IN TO HELP
HIM SHE IS PICTURED HERE WITH
HER LIFE SAVERS LITERALLY
LEXI AND HER DAD CONVINCED
THEIR LOCAL STATE SENATOR TO
SPONSOR A BILL THAT WOULD
REQUIRE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
LEARN CPR BEFORE BRETT
GRADUATING IT JUST PASSED
THROUGH THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEE IN TALLAHASSEE
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT CPR CAN
MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH. WE WANT TO SHOW
YOU HOW TO PERFORM AT THIS
MORNING. CC BROOKS IS THE VICE
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF NURSE
EXECUTIVE AT BAPTIST HEALTH
CONNECTED WITH US IN FACT,
THANKS TO THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION CC GOOD MORNING,
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US GOOD
MORNING, THANKS FOR HAVING US
OCC TO BEGIN WITH AND I KNOW
LEXI’S DAD SHARED THIS WITH US
AT 7.40. BUT THE STATISTICS I
THINK ARE SO IMPORTANT ABOUT
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SEE THE
DIFFERENCE IT
CPR MAKES.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IT IN
SOMEONE’S SURVIVAL. I MEAN THEY
ARE
REALLY CONVINCING.
>> ABOUT
350,000 AMERICANS EXPERIENCE
CARDIAC ARREST OUTSIDE OF THE
HOSPITAL EVERY YEAR
AND UNFORTUNATELY ONLY ABOUT
ONE IN 10 OF THOSE ACTUALLY
SURVIVE, SO IT’S
SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE HAVE
THE SKILL SET TO PERFORM CPR
BECAUSE THAT INCREASES THEIR
SURVIVAL RATE BY MORE THAN
50%.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: NOW I WANT TO
JUST MAKE BECAUSE WE ARE A
LITTLE SHORT ON TIME CAN KNOW
EUGENE WALKERS WITH HE’S HE’S A
CPR INSTRUCTOR CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH IF YOU JEANNE WILL WILL WILL BEGIN AT DEMONSTRATING IF
YOU WALK US THROUGH EXACTLY
WHAT SOMEONE
SHOULD DO SHOULD THEY EVER FIND
THEMSELVES IN A SCENARIO THAT
THEY COME UPON
ARE THERE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY
WITNESS A CAR ACCIDENT OR
DROWNING WHAT THEY SHOULD DO
WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMING CPR
ABSOLUTELY SO EUGENE’S GOING TO
SHOW US THAT RIGHT NOW ALWAYS
REMEMBER.
>> ALL
911 IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATELY
THAT HELPS TO GET TRAINED
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS THERE
TO ASSIST.
SO WHAT YOU OBSERVE IS HIM
PUSHING FAST
AND HARD AND THE MIDDLE OF THE
CHEST. THE GOAL IS TO MIMIC THE
HEARTBEAT OF AT LEAST A 100 TO
A 120 BEATS PER MINUTE.
IF YOU’RE NOT REQUIRED TO
PERFORM OUT THE MAP SO THAT IS
A NEW UPDATE. IT’S MUCH MORE
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
THAT CHANCE AND THAT HEART PUMPING AND GETTING THAT OXYGENATED BLOOD CIRCULATING SO
HE’S DEMONSTRATING
THAT HERE. SO IT’S EASY IT’S
INTERESTING BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE
WORRIED THAT THEY MIGHT HURT
THE PERSON THAT THEY’RE
PERFORMING CPR ON WHAT WHAT
SHOULD THAT BE A CONCERN
ABSOLUTELY NOT WE WANT TO SAVE
YOUR LIFE THE REST OF THE
THINGS THE DAMAGE THE BROKEN
RIBS, WHATEVER MAY OCCUR WE CAN
FIX THAT BUT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE WE SAVE YOUR
LIFE FIRST. SHE SHE WOULD YOU
EXPLAIN AND INJECTED A GREAT
JOB OF DOING THIS ACTUALLY
EARLIER AND THAT IS
EXPLAINING THAT YOU KNOW WE
LOVE FIRE RESCUE WE LOVE THAT
THEY GET THERE AS QUICKLY AS
THEY CAN. BUT THE DIFFERENCE
THAT IT MAKES IF YOU JUST
IMMEDIATELY STARTED CPR AND
DON’T WAIT FOR RESCUE
TO ARRIVE. ABSOLUTELY EVERY
MINUTE INCREASES YOUR CHANCE OF
SURVIVAL BY MORE THAN 50%.
SO THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT
TO HAVE MORE HIGHLY TRAINED AND
SKILLED HOPES TO BE ABLE TO
PERFORM CPR IMMEDIATELY WHILE
WE WAIT FOR THE PARAMEDICS AND
FIRE RESCUE
TO IRAQ. SO IT’S INTERESTING
BECAUSE I’VE HEARD A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT THINGS IN TERMS OF
COUNTING OR SINGING SONGS.
WHAT IS A GOOD REMINDER FOR
VIEWERS AT HOME ABOUT HOW
QUICKLY THEY SHOULD PUMPING THE
CHEST. SO THERE’S A LITTLE SONG
THAT YOU CAN SAYING IN YOUR
HEAD AROUND WHILE HEALTH AND A
LOT AND IF YOU STAY WITHIN THAT
BE THAT GETS YOU TO THE 100
BEATS
PER MINUTE AND SO I JUST WANT
TO REMEMBER THAT HUGE IT’S
GOING TO GET SO EXHAUSTED HERE,
BUT THE REALITY IS THAT
THIS MAY THE SOMETHING THAT YOU
HAVE TO PERFORM FOR 8 TO 10
MINUTES FOR RESCUE
TO ARRIVE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: HOW IMPORTANT
IS IT THEN TO YOU KNOW MAKE
SURE THAT YOU HAVE SOMEBODY
ELSE YOU KNOW WHOM MAY BE
AROUND YOU TO HELP YOU KIND OF
CONTINUE
THIS PROCEDURE. SO HIGH QUALITY
CPR IS PRIMARILY PERFORM WITH
TO TRAIN
TO CAREGIVERS YOU DO IT FOR 2
MINUTE ROTATIONS BECAUSE WHAT
YOU’RE REALLY GIVING AFFECTED
CACCAVALE THE CPR CHEST
COMPRESSIONS YOU DO GET A
LITTLE TIRED AND WHEN DID WHICH
IS WHY WHEN THE PARAMEDICS SHOW
UP THEY PRIMARILY TAKE OVER
THAT RESPONSIBILITY BUT IF YOU
CAN INITIATE CPR THAT IS WHAT’S
MOST IMPORTANT AND I WANT IT,
YOU KNOW. WE OF COURSE ALWAYS
WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
COME CPI CERTIFIED, BUT THE
REALITY IS IS WHAT YOU AND
EUGENE JUST SHOWED US IS
THAT ENOUGH.
>>LAUREN VERNO: TO SAVE
SOMEONE’S LIFE. IT IS IT TAKES
90 SECONDS TO SAVE A PERSON’S
LIFE AND IT ONLY TAKES 90
SECONDS TO LEARN HOW TO DO
REALLY
GOOD CPR.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: DO YOU KNOW
OF I KNOW THROUGH AMERICAN
HEART ASSOCIATION THEY’VE BEEN
WONDERFUL ARE THERE ANY
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OUR VIEWERS. INDIVIDUALLY MAY
WANT TO TAKE A CPR CLASS TO
BECOME CERTIFIED OR OR AN
OFFICE TO THAT MIGHT WANT TO
BRING YOU KNOW SOMEONE AND I
KNOW IT’S HARD WITH THE
PANDEMIC ARE THERE ANY
CLASSES AVAILABLE.
>> THERE ARE CLASSES. THERE ARE
A LOT OF THE HEALTH CARE
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONS HERE IN
TOWN THAT ACTUALLY OFFER
COMMUNITY CPR I KNOW WE DO THAT
BAPTIST HEALTH
AS WELL AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO
GO ON THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION WEBSITE AND LOOK
FOR LOCATIONS FOR CPR TRAINING
CC THANK YOU EUGENE THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING I
REALLY HOPE THAT WE’VE MADE A
DIFFERENCE YOU NEVER KNOW IF
YOU’RE GOING TO BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE YOU COME ACROSS
A CROSS.
A CROSS. >> YOU KNOW A SCENARIO WHERE YOU NEED TO TO TO PERFORM CPR
AND SAVE
SOMEONE’S LIFE. HE MAY HAVE