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Bring the lifesaving impact of CPR to our communities and our homes.

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Black or Hispanic adults who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting are substantially less likely to receive lifesaving care from a bystander. The American Heart Association is working to change this by empowering members of these communities to learn lifesaving Hands-Only CPR. During Black History Month and in conjunction with American Heart Month, the American Heart Association is encouraging people to “Be The Beat” for and in their communities by challenging every household or family to have at least one person who knows Hands-Only CPR.

Learn Hands-Only CPR to be the difference and save a life.

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FACT: Women, Black, Hispanic and Latino people are less likely to receive bystander CPR.
About 90%

of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die.
CPR, especially if administered immediately after cardiac arrest, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival.

Nearly 3
out of 4

cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital happen at home.

Take 90 seconds

to learn how to save a life.
BE THE BEAT

Be The Beat: David Thompson | Former NFL player David Thompson shares how Damar Hamlin’s injury should motivate everyone to “Be the Beat” and learn Hands-Only CPR. If you are called on to perform CPR in an emergency, you will most likely be trying to save the life of someone you love: a child, a spouse, a parent, or a friend.

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Check In & Check Up for Your Health with Sybil Wilkes

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16 at 6 PM CST

Don’t miss this! Dr. Katherine Y. Brown, a 2023 Go Red Real Woman, and the Divine 9 Sorority presidents join Sybil Wilkes to talk about why CPR should matter to Black Americans.

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