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Record: AMR Teaches 51,000 People Compression-Only CPR

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I touched on this last week, but here is the official Press Release that went out from American Medical Response last Friday regarding their Compression-Only CPR Challenge where they trained 51,000 people in one day which is a National Record.

Here is the Press Release

AMR Teaches More Than 51,000 People How to Save Lives with Compression-Only CPR

One-Day AMR World CPR Challenge Held in 40 States and Two Foreign Countries

(Greenwood Village, CO) – On May 22, American Medical Response (AMR) health care professionals went coast-to-coast and trained more than 51,000 people how to save a life using chest compression-only CPR as part of the inaugural AMR World CPR Challenge. One hundred and forty AMR operations in 40 states as well as operations in Trinidad and Tobago and India participated in the day-long event.

The local AMR operation in Concord, California held 3 events in each area of the County and trained approximately 570 people how to perform live-saving compression-only CPR.

“Compression-only CPR performed by a bystander can more than double the survival rate of a cardiac arrest victim so there’s a strong chance that someone we trained this week will save a life in the future,” said Leslie Mueller. “As the leading emergency medical services company in the country, we feel that training people to provide life-saving CPR is one way we can make an important difference in this community.”

Participants in the event were trained to perform compression-only CPR in about five minutes by local AMR paramedics and EMTs.

Nationally, more than 300 separate training events were held around the country. The two largest were held at the Ballpark in Arlington during a Texas Rangers’ game and Turner Field during an Atlanta Braves’ game. Other AMR operations trained thousands at middle and high schools, shopping malls and outdoor venues.

To find out more about compression-only CPR visit www.worldcprchallenge.com.

Here are a couple of my shots from last weeks event in Brentwood

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[…] people as possible in a single 24-hour window of time across the country–Nationwide, they trained 51,000 people while training 570 people in Contra Costa County at three locations, including the Streets […]

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