About
This program is an initiative with a broad coalition of community partners, including the Philadelphia Fire Department, American Heart Association, Independence Blue Cross and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Check out the Mobile CPR Project in action with our video, shown at right.
Cardiac Arrest Facts
Cardiac arrest is when the heart stops beating, suddenly and without warning
Nearly 1800 Philadelphians had cardiac arrests out of the hospital in the last year
Over 90% of people who suffer cardiac arrest do not survive
AHA says 350,000+ cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital each year
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is the key to survival – it can even TRIPLE the chance of survival – but it needs to be delivered immediately by members of the public before the ambulance arrives. Yet most people don’t know how to perform CPR.
Our Goal
Our number one goal is to train you how to recognize a cardiac arrest and to learn CPR. Learning CPR can keep you and your family safe. Most of the time when someone experiences a cardiac arrest, it is in their home. Cardiac arrest is when the heart suddenly stops beating. This is different from a heart attack, where a small part of heart muscle loses blood supply, but keeps beating. Cardiac arrest can strike anyone at any time and most of the time it is fatal. As scary as this is, the best way to keep someone alive when their heart stops beating is to do CPR. A new form of CPR called Hands-Only CPR teaches people to do compressions without rescue breathing. This means you are no longer required to breathe for a victim, just use your hands to keep their heart pumping. If your family member experiences a cardiac arrest the best thing you can do is perform CPR, it can save their life!
Schedule a Training
Schedule a training today and learn to save a life! We’ll come to you on your schedule and teach you everything you need to know to save a life in the event of a cardiac arrest. Our class lasts 45 to 60 minutes and we cover the identification of cardiac arrest, how to properly perform hands only CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator.
A CPR Ready Partner
We are a part of the CPR Ready Campaign here in Philadelphia!
CPR Ready’s mission is to improve the survival rate of people who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by energizing and expanding existing resources and programs. To achieve this, they aim to increase the number of people who are knowledgeable and willing to perform bystander Hands-Only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to use an automated external defibrillator (AED), when available.
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