Every life is a story
Every life saved is someone’s mother, father, sister or brother. Someone’s child. Someone’s friend. One life is one more opportunity to make a difference in the world. One more Happy Birthday. One more future.
National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
Helping Save Lives
October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, and our intention is to help raise awareness for Sudden Cardiac Arrest and what can be done to help save lives.
Our commitment to helping save lives is deeply rooted in a strong dedication to improve patient survival. For over 50 years, we have strived to continuously develop needs-based products and solutions that make an impact in everyone's life. We believe that by implementing community CPR programs for laypeople and high-quality CPR programs for professional healthcare providers, we can help increase survival rates in our society.
2016 Statistical Update
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Incidence: More than 350,000
Bystander CPR (overall): 46.1%
Survivor rate* (overall): 12%
In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
Incidence: 209,000
Survival Rate Adult*: 24.8%
Survival Rate Children: N/A
Every number is a life
Stein
No one could imagine that Stein (49) a triathlete training for an Ironman competition, would go into cardiac arrest in his sleep. His son, Sondre (18), had been recently trained in CPR and was able to perform CPR while his wife received instructions from the emergency dispatcher on the telephone. Stein survived and plans to reach his goal of participating in an Ironman competition.
Dan
Dan (40) was 26km into the Shanghai Marathon when the runner beside him suddenly fell to the ground. Recently trained in CPR, Dan began to perform compressions and rescue breaths until the EMT team arrived. The runner recovered.
Halvard
When Halvard was two years old, he was found lifeless, lying in the shallow water at the mouth of a drainage pipe. Halvard's father, Jan, had been recently trained in the lifesaving skill of CPR. He did not know that he would have to use it to keep his son alive until help arrived. Halvard survived. He is now 27 years old.
Svein Terje
Svein Terje (48) was jogging on a treadmill when he collapsed. Two friends performed CPR until emergency help arrived. Svein survived.
Marshall
Looking at Marshall Hastings (9), it is hard to believe that his heart stopped beating during a swim competition.
Due to swift CPR, Marshall Survived.
Louise
School teacher Louise Owen (30) slumped over her desk unexpectedly. She was 26 weeks pregnant and clinically dead. When the ambulance arrived, two colleagues had already begun to resuscitate her.
Five days later, Louise woke up in the hospital to a miracle. Her baby, Katy, had been delivered by caesarean section seven hours after her mother collapsed, and was fine.
Importance of AED Deployment
Early defibrillation, within the first 5 minutes, is a key step in the Chain of Survival. With easier and more efficient training solutions, more laypeople could be equipped to function as first responders in the community.
Quality CPR relies on delivery of best practices at three critical levels of response...
