PHILADELPHIA — In the U.S. each year, over 300,000 adults will suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. More than 90 percent of these victims will die before they reach the hospital, but immediate CPR can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival. Anyone can learn CPR, yet 70 percent of Americans either don’t know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed.
That’s why experts from the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, with support of a sponsorship by The Travelers Companies, Inc., have teamed up with the American Heart Association, Hartford area hospitals, community-based organizations and the City of Hartford to launch an innovative community project to train laypersons in CPR. The new two-year program, The Mobile CPR Project – Hartford, will focus on local communities with low rates of CPR training, using a proctored presentation including a video and instructional kit that teaches CPR in less than 30 minutes.
During the kick-off event, all participants will learn CPR and receive a free American Heart Association Family & Friends® CPR Anytime® Personal Learning Program training kit, which includes a CPR skills practice DVD and CPR learning manikin.
The program will officially launch in the fall, with a team that will perform regular training events throughout Hartford via a mobile CPR training station, bringing the CPR classes directly to community centers, churches, and places of employment.
For more information about the project, please visit http://themobilecprproject.com.
Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
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