Administering CPR outside the hospital can save thousands of lives annually, but about half of Americans say they don't know how to do it.
The American Heart Association said it saw a 200% increase in web traffic to its CPR site after news of Hamlin’s cardiac arrest emerged.
Most cardiac arrests in the U.S. — more than 350,000 a year — occur outside hospitals. Roughly 90% of those patients don't survive, often because they don't get medical attention right away. In aboutoutside hospitals, there are no bystanders around to witness a person's collapse. That having been said, CPR is “the most profound, life-changing thing you could potentially learn and do for someone,” he added.Doctors said the survival rate of people who go into cardiac arrest could improve if more people knew how to administer CPR, which involves pushing hard and fast on a person's chest with two hands at a rate of 100 to 120 compressions per minute. The AHAthat only doctors administer mouth-to-mouth breathing, another component of traditional CPR.
But doctors pointed to two factors that prevent people from delivering the lifesaving procedure: They're afraid to make a mistake, or they haven't received proper training.by the Cleveland Clinic, 54% of people in the U.S. said they knew how to do CPR, but just 17% said they knew that chest compressions alone were effective. If they are performed immediately, compressions can double or triple a patient's chances of survival, according to the AHA.
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