From the April 2023 issue of UCLA Health's Healthy Years (HY)
Save a Life; Learn CPR
Immediate CPR can double the chances of someone surviving a cardiac arrest.
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Cardiac arrest claims the lives of about 450,000 Americans every year. According to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, nine out of 10 people who have a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital die, often within minutes. However, CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is a lifesaving procedure that may help a person survive it. A cardiac […]