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Training

CPR training sessions scheduled for Jan. 24

Date:
Time:
9:00 am – 12:00 am
Nebraska Union Room: Auditorium
1400 R St
Lincoln NE 68508
Additional Info: NU
Contact:
Meg Lauerman, (402) 472-0296, mlauerman1@unl.edu
Lincoln Fire & Rescue needs your help in order to save more lives. Think CPR means mouth-to-mouth? Think again! Attend one of two 30-minutes sessions and learn all about Hands OnlyTM, or compression-only, CPR from Lincoln Fire & Rescue. Nationwide, fewer than 45% of people who need CPR actually get it from a bystander, even though CPR can double – or even triple – the chances of surviving cardiac arrest.
The UNL training sessions will be held Jan. 24 at 9 a.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium and at 1:30 p.m. in the Nebraska East Union Goldenrod Room.
If you see a teen or adult suddenly collapse and they are unresponsive, first call 911, then push hard and fast in the center of their chest until help arrives.
When a person collapses from sudden cardiac arrest, they have enough oxygen dissolved in their blood to maintain their vital organs for 10 to 15 minutes—the blood needs to be moved around, which is what CPR can do. Hands OnlyTM CPR is quick and easy to learn, hard to forget, and is at least as effective as traditional CPR. On top of that, no mouth-to-mouth!
During 2011, only 21 people survived cardiac arrest in Lincoln – a survival rate of only 12%. Lincoln Fire & Rescue works quickly and efficiently to deliver care, but they can’t arrive instantly and that’s where informed bystanders can play an important, life-saving role.
Most cardiac arrests happen at home, and most are witnessed, which means if you ever witness a cardiac arrest, chances are it will be someone you know. So take 30 minutes and learn to save a life!

Additional Public Info:
A second session will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the East Union.

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