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Outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remain low, especially in ethnic neighborhoods, because educational messages about bystander CPR aren't getting through -- in part because they're not tailored to the audience receiving them, according to an advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA). Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest vary geographically from 16% in Seattle to 0.2% in Detroit, according to the advisory, which was published in the Feb. 25 issue of Circulation. Bystanders provide CPR only 25% of the time, and 15%...

Advocates will testify before the House of Representatives Education Committee Friday in favor of legislation that would require all Washington State high school students learn CPR and would put portable defibrillators (AEDs) in all high schools. According to the American Heart Association, there are 360,000 cases of sudden cardiac arrest in the United States each year and only about a third of these people receive CPR. Only 10 percent survive. The association claims CPR can double, or even triple, survival rates among cardiac arrest patients. Supporters of House...

Lee Bowman, Scripps Howard News Service You see someone suddenly fall to the ground, unconscious on the street or at a park. A quick check of the pulse shows the heart's not beating. Now what? Of course, someone needs to call 911 for an ambulance. But odds are, the victim won't survive unless someone quickly starts performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Unfortunately, most people won't try.   Read full article...

On Tuesday, Aug. 14, Advanced Cardiac Training will hold a special ACLS class for residents of St. Johns and surrounding  counties. This one-day class begins at 9 a.m. and will be held the St. Johns County Fire Rescue Administration Building in St. Augustine. The location is convenient to medical professionals living in St. Johns, Flagler, Putnam, Clay and southern Duval counties. To register for the Aug. 14 ACLS class, students should follow the link below: http://advancedcardiactraining.enrollware.com/registration/reg-start.aspx?id=64857 Students can also visit www.AdvancedCardiacTraning.com, click on the “Courses” tab, find...