Recently, a grant from the Medtronic Foundation funded bystander CPR training in the Franklinton area using the CPR Anytime product. The grant trained 451 individuals directly and documented secondary training of 760 additional residents for a total of 1,211 people trained in bystander CPR. The bystander CPR rate in this area increased 9% and the survival to discharge among resuscitations attempted increased 6.4%. Training was provided at churches, schools, libraries, COSI, and Columbus Parks and Recreation.
Brookhaven’s tenth grade Teen SERT (School Emergency Response Training) class participated in the CPR Anytime program. Below are some of their thoughts on the program and their experiences.
Galad: “I had a chance to learn CPR from my teacher and school nurse. At first, I thought it was going to be too hard, but when I watched the video of CPR, it was so exciting and interesting. I was so happy with myself and feel like I can save a life. I was happy that my teacher taught me an important thing for my life.”
Ejay: “The people I taught thought it was important to learn because you never know when you will be in a medical emergency situation.”
Jeremy: “When you are teaching someone how to save another’s life, it makes you feel good. Teaching other people CPR is a serious matter in my eyes.”
Xavier: “When I taught my mother to do CPR, she was surprised at what I knew.”
Kyra: “The DVD made it a lot easier for my family to learn CPR.”
Teara: “Just knowing how to do CPR makes me feel safer than I was before I knew how.”
Lyndsi : “My mom said that it was so cool to learn how to do CPR. It was fun to teach my family CPR.”
Naima: “During my CPR presentation to my family, everybody was paying attention and was excited to do CPR.”
In 2004 the Columbus Divison of Fire began collecting data on all sudden cardiac arrests occuring in their district. These data have been released with great improvements.