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Baby Safety Starts with CPR

Every day is Baby Safety Day in a parent’s handbook.

But many parents don’t know that it only takes 30 seconds for your child to drown. In as little as an inch of water. In fact, drowning is the second leading cause of death for children between 1 and 4. And the fifth leading cause for children under 1 year of age.

Besides fencing off your pool, and staying with them during bath time, CPR is a must. Parents would expect day care providers to know CPR, so why shouldn’t parents?

If you have an hour, you can learn CPR for both adults and infants.

Recently, several infants have been saved with CPR. Isn’t that all you need to know?

Be a hero. Learn CPR!

CPR Newbie Saves Life

First time CPR user, Officer Villarreal, saved a life.

After finishing her first day of jury duty, Pam Miller collapsed outside the courthouse.

When Villarreal heard her head hit the concrete, he rushed over, determined there was no pulse or heart beat, and smartly began CPR until help arrived.

Villareal said he was scared but set to work and started praying.

A teary-eyed Pam Miller is extremely grateful to him.

Be a Hero. Learn CPR!

Every Minute Counts in CPR

The chances of survival for a cardiac arrest victim decline by ten-percent every minute that life support—CPR— is not provided.

This translates to a very small window of survival for the victim.

Recently, rugby coach Jeff Ford suffered heart failure, but his friends began CPR.

“I have a ten-year-old daughter, a wife, a family, without their help I would’ve been in a pine box,” Ford said of his friends.

Be a hero. Learn CPR!