The survival rate for out of hospital cardiac arrests is improving dramatically with the new CPR “hands only” method. In this episode, you will hear the dramatic stories of how this new method saved two sudden cardiac arrest victims and hear a leading authority on CPR talk about why everyone needs to know CPR.

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“Everyone did what they were supposed to on Monday to put the chain of survival into effect, calling 911 and starting CPR on the young man”

Thanks to a quick response by Colonie police first responders providing CPR & Colonie EMS crews advanced life support treatment, the patient was revived.

Dailey reminds everyone that prompt CPR the key to survival & urges the New York State legislature to pass a bill for all graduating high school students to learn this simple life saving skill.

Dr. Dailey of Albany Medical Center speaks out about the 11 year old colonie baseball player saved by CPR and urges the legislature to pass the CPR in Schools bill.

[Full Story & Video Coverage]

First of all, it’s cheap. Second, it’s simple and takes only 30 minutes to learn. More important, the information could save countless lives, including those of the very people opposed to this mandate.

Unfortunately 14 year old Emily Adamczak did not receive bystander CPR when she went into sudden cardiac arrest in 2009. Since then her mother Annette has become an outspoken advocate for CPR & AED training that could have saved her daughters life.

[Full Buffalo News Editorial]

“Time is brain cells” says survivor Wes Rogers who went on a fishing trip just two weeks after his death. Rogers reminds everyone, “Leave no unfinished business”.

“This bill will train an entire generation to be life-savers,” Justin Bell, legislative director for the AHA.

“I think everyone should know CPR,” Kaitlin says. “You might think you’ll never have to know how to use it, but things happen every day that you don’t expect.”

Sudden Cardiac Arrest survivor speaks out in support of all NY students learning what saved her life.

“In May 2005, Kaitlin Forbes, a Rhinebeck resident, suffered sudden cardiac arrest at age 15. In the midst of playing softball during gym class, she was revived by CPR and the use of an AED.”

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2012-04-23-81595.113122-Bill-requires-high-schools-to-teach-CPR.html

Jeremy Wuitschick helped pull over bus after driver collapses

Two seventh graders help pull bus over and start CPR on their driver.

“I ran up, grabbed the wheel … I turned it to the right, took it on the side of the road, took the keys out of the ignition,” he told the TV station. “Bus started slowing down. I’m like, ‘Somebody call 911,’ and they did.”

[Read the full story] http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-04-10/news/31320512_1_bus-driver-school-bus-tv-station

Here’s a link to the recording of our April 3rd interview on the Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter! Thank you to High School Senior McKenna George for speaking out on this important topic!                  [Interview Starts at Minute 42:22]

High School senior McKenna George & paramedic Robbie MacCue on the Capitol Pressroom talking about CPR