Time is the enemy when someone has a health emergency that stops blood flow to their vital organs. Immediately starting CPR – cardiopulmonary resuscitation – can literally save a life.
“Early CPR is the difference in achieving success in an emergency situation,” says Kale McBurney, training chief for the Marion Fire Department. “If it is started before our EMT professionals arrive on the scene, the prognosis for a good outcome goes way up. If not, we’re behind when we get there.”
When a bystander starts CPR early, it’s a proven fact that it triples the chances of a positive outcome for the victim, says McBurney. It’s also a fact that you’re most likely to need to use your CPR skills on one of your own family members…