According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, an estimated 35,000 people suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest each year. Early CPR and early use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) can double the chances of survival. With 80 per cent of cardiac arrests occurring in homes and public places, empowering youth with CPR and AED training as part of their high school education is increasing citizen CPR response rates and saving lives.
With CPR and AED training and the confidence it brings, students become empowered with the skills and knowledge to save the life of a family member, a teammate on the hockey rink, a child they are babysitting, or a stranger who is faced with a life threatening medical emergency.
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