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More than 750,000 people have learned hands-only CPR as part of the Revive & Survive San Diego Initiative launched in January 2024. The initiative is closer to its goal of training one million people to do hands-only CPR.<\/p>\n
\u201cCardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere, anytime. With a 7 to 10 percent decrease in survival for every minute CPR is not performed, people can make the difference between life and death by taking a few minutes to learn this simple skill\u201d said Kristi L. Koenig, MD, medical director of County Emergency Medical Services. \u201cReaching 750,000 San Diegans trained in hands\u2011only bystander CPR is a remarkable accomplishment, showing what we can achieve together as a community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Training more people to do chest compressions will save additional lives.\u00a0They have hosted more than 14,000 training sessions<\/a>. Administering CPR immediately to someone experiencing cardiac arrest can double their chances of survival.<\/p>\n Hands-only CPR involves pushing fast in the center of someone\u2019s chest at 100 beats to 120 beats per minute.<\/p>\n Globally, cardiac arrest claims more lives than colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, influenza, pneumonia, auto collisions, HIV, firearms and house fires combined, according to the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n