Saving a Life This
Summer: Ways to Step
Up Safety Practices
FEATURE IMPACT
The busy summer season can take you almost anywhere
- baseball fields, backyard cookouts, long workdays
or road trips across the country. Regardless of where
you are, summer is a reminder that
emergencies like cardiac arrest can
happen anywhere.
Ordinary people have extraordinary
power. You don’t need to wear scrubs or
have a medical background to save a life
- you just need the courage to act.
Take the safety of those around you into your own hands this
summer with this checklist.
Plan Ahead
Summer is often a time for welcome disruptions, including
vacations, camps, sports and parties. Before traveling or
attending events, check if your destination has a cardiac
emergency response plan, which establishes specific steps to
reduce death from cardiac arrest in any setting, from schools
and community organizations to workplaces and sports
facilities.
Learn CPR
Cardiac arrest can happen anywhere: at home, at work, in
schools, at a soccer game or on vacation. When it happens, the
first chance for survival often rests with the people nearby.
Anyone can be the difference before professional help arrives.
The power to save a life is in your hands. CPR is a human
responsibility, not just a medical skill. When friends, family
or even strangers step in during cardiac emergencies, survival
rates can double or even triple.
Hands-Only CPR for adults consists of two easy steps:
1. Call 9-1-1 or shout for someone else to call.
2. Push hard and fast in the center of the chest to the beat of a
familiar song that’s 100-120 beats per minute, such as “Stayin’
Alive” by the Bee Gees.
Share Resources with Your Family and Community
Once you’ve learned simple, two-step Hands-Only CPR, share
resources with your community to help expand the American
Heart Association’s Nation of Lifesavers. Raising awareness
with family, neighbors and colleagues can help people feel
confident in the face of an emergency.
Families can watch short instructional videos that demonstrate
the life-saving steps for adults as well as techniques for infants
and children.
Travelers can also get trained in about 5 minutes with a Hands-
Only CPR Kiosk, located in many airports and public spaces
across the country.
To find more information about learning CPR, visit Heart.org/Nation.
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