Doctors offer live CPR Day training

When your heart stops, every second counts. First responders are key to keeping people alive after a cardiac arrest. But how exactly does resuscitation work? What should you pay attention to? And how can you keep a cool head in this extreme situation? World Resuscitation Day is here to spread this knowledge. “Everyone in the world can save a life” – that is the motto of this year’s action day, the so-called “World Restart a Heart Day”.

Medical schools revival in Friedberg and Aichach

The emergency doctors from the Paar clinics and the BRK district association Aichach-Friedberg are taking part in two joint live resuscitation training sessions. The first of these events will take place on the global day of action, on Wednesday, October 16th, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the Segmüller furniture store in Friedberg. There will be a second live exercise on Saturday, October 19th, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in front of the Aichach town hall.

At both appointments, those interested can find out from experienced emergency doctors and paramedics which three important steps need to be taken as a first aider in an emergency. You can then train chest compressions on a manikin under professional guidance.

World Restart a Heart Day: First responders can make a difference

The aim of the day of action, which is declared by the German Council for Resuscitation, is to increase the chances of survival for patients with a sudden cardiac arrest. According to the Paar clinics, more than 120,000 people in Germany suffer a sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital every year. Only one in ten of them survives because irreversible damage to the brain occurs within the first three to five minutes after a standstill. However, it usually takes an average of nine minutes for the emergency services to arrive after an alarm. Therefore, in an emergency, every layperson can become a lifesaver.

World Restart a Heart Day was first held in 2018 with the theme “Everyone, anywhere in the world, can save lives.” But an initiative had already been launched at European level five years earlier. Since then, European and worldwide campaigns have taken place every year on October 16th. This is intended to continually refresh the knowledge about correct resuscitation. (AZ)