Every once in a while, we like to shine a spotlight on a member or members of the community who make it their mission to educate people about CPR and AEDs. Today, we’d like to share a national outreach called Project ADAM. Project ADAM was started in memorial of a Michigan high school student (Adam […]
A fifth grader in Michigan performed the Heimlich maneuver on a friend, saving the boy’s life and earning an HVA Life Saving Award from a local EMS company. The Heimlich is part of a First Aid, Life-Saving course, which should include CPR. It’s never to soon to know how to recognize an emergency or threat, […]
You’ve seen the videos on YouTube of pre-coordinated dance flash mobs that appear in crowded malls and outdoor shopping centers. But this weekend in Las Vegas, there was a CPR flash mob organized to raise awareness of how easy it is to perform CPR! American Red Cross volunteers and local firefighters organized a CPR flash […]
