AMR Trains 67,047 on Compression-Only CPR in One Day
Greenwood Village, Colo.—The third annual American Medical Response (AMR) World CPR Challenge rolled across the U.S. Wednesday, May 20.
AMR teams from 70 operational locations came together for one mission: to teach people how to save a life by learning compression-only CPR. At hundreds of events small and large, AMR professionals trained 67,047 people during the 24-hour event, beating their 2014 record by more than 5,000.
“No other company has taken training to this level,” said AMR President and CEO Ted Van Horne. “AMR teams have trained more than 183,000 of people in compression-only CPR over the three years of the event. Each year we continue to surpass our previous year’s tally. And each year we see the results with increases in bystander CPR rates in the communities we serve.”
Since the first CPR Challenge in 2012, the bystander-initiated CPR rate in AMR communities has increased by more than 25 points to nearly 47.2 percent. According to the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), the current national average for CPR initiated by a bystander is 41.4 percent.
“This is critically important to the communities we serve. The medical literature shows that compression-only CPR is an effective and easy to administer life-saving procedure,” added Dr. Ed Racht, AMR’s Chief Medical Officer. “When bystanders perform compression-only CPR until emergency responders arrive, a patient’s chance of survival increases dramatically.”
While the AMR CPR Challenge is a one-day event, AMR professionals teach compression-only CPR throughout the year. Call your local AMR operation to find out where you can learn this lifesaving skill.
About American Medical Response
American Medical Response, Inc., America’s leading provider of medical transportation, provides services in 40 states and the District of Columbia. More than 18,000 AMR paramedics, EMTs, RNs and other professionals work together to transport more than 3 million patients nationwide each year in critical, emergency and non-emergency situations. AMR, a subsidiary of Envision Healthcare Corporation, is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo. For more information about AMR, visit www.amr.net and follow @AMR_Social on Twitter.
