Improving Public Understanding of SCA Motivates Bystanders to Intervene

10/30/2019

A national study conducted for the Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Foundation found that understanding SCA drives bystander action to give CPR and apply an AED. Exposure to a lay-friendly definition of SCA significantly increases the number of people “very likely” to give CPR or apply an AED in an emergency. This session will explore how thousands more lives could be saved each year if people understand SCA and the importance of bystander intervention.

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