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April 19, 2017Albany Med’s donation of Hands-Only CPR kits will make it easy for students to learn life-saving skill
Students at Albany High School; Dr. Michael Dailey, Chief of the Division of Prehospital Emergency Medicine and an emergency medicine attending physician at Albany Medical Center, and medical director, Regional Emergency Management Organization; Kimberly Young Wilkins, Ed.D., interim superintendent, City School District of Albany.
Presentation of Hands-Only CPR Kits to the City School District of Albany, followed by a Hands-Only CPR training for the students.
Thursday, April 13, 11 a.m.
Albany High School, 700 Washington Ave., Albany.
Each year in the United States, more than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside a hospital, and only about 11 percent of those treated by emergency medical services survive, according to AHA statistics. CPR can double or triple a person’s chance of survival, especially if performed within the first few minutes of cardiac arrest. A recent survey conducted by the American Heart Association showed that 61 percent of respondents worried that they could unintentionally injure a victim of sudden cardiac arrest. It’s a concern highest among minorities: 70 percent of African-Americans, 67 percent of Asians and 64 percent of Hispanics think they could injure the person, compared with 59 percent of Caucasians. Thanks to American Heart Association efforts, teaching Hands-Only CPR in New York is a law. The donated kits – whose contents include 10 mini Annes, 10 instructional DVDS and 10 kneeling pads – will make it easy and affordable for Albany High School to train its students in Hands-Only CPR.
