OTTAWA, March 31, 2008 – According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC), chest compressions alone, or Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), can save lives and can be used to help an adult who suddenly collapses.
Mother Nature can't
stop air cadets from learning critical lifesaving skill
Oshawa, December 3rd, 2007 - A cardiac arrest occurs when the heart stops
beating regularly and can no longer pump blood through the body. Each year
there are between 35,000 and 45,000 cases of cardiac arrest in Canada. Once
the heart stops pumping, seconds count. For every minute that passes without
help, a person's chance of surviving drops by about 10 per cent. But if you
know how to respond to a cardiac arrest, you could save someone's life.
Heart and Stroke Foundation
launches innovative new CPR course to overcome training barriers
November
13, 2007- In a recent poll, Canadians who
haven't been trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)listed a ‘lack of time' as the main barrier to learning
this lifesaving skill. The Foundation has responded to this concern by launching
CPR AnytimeTMFamily & FriendsTM, a new 22-minute self-directed CPR training course.
THE HEART AND STROKE
FOUNDATION TEAMS UP WITH DETROIT
RED WINGS' JIRI FISCHER
TO SUPPORT CPR MONTH IN CANADA
Toronto, November 1st, 2007 - The Heart and Stroke Foundation is partnering with
Detroit Red Wings' Jiri Fischer, the Calgary Flames and the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey clubs to
launch a CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) awareness campaign in November.
