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EPI | LIFESTYLE 2018 Scientific Sessions
Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health 2018 Scientific Sessions
March 20–23, 2017
Sheraton New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
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Over 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside a hospital each year in the US, with survival rates of less than 12 percent. Believe it or not, only half of Americans can be counted on to perform Hands-Only CPR in an emergency, according to an AHA Hands-Only CPR study. This month, spend one important minute preparing for those emergency situations by learning Hands-Only CPR.
heart.org/handsonlycpr
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