The Heart Facts

Each day more than 600 people die from cardiac arrest

Causes include:

Coronary heart disease

Respiratory arrest

Injuries and accidents

Allergic reactions

                   Choking

                   Drowning
                   Trauma

                   Exposure to cold

                   Severe Shock
                   Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

                   Unknown Causes

Key to survival is the speed of response

In addition to CPR, when victims receive an electrical shock (AED) within a minute, there's a 90% chance of survival

For every minute of delay, your chance of survival drops 10%.

When it takes 10 minutes for (AED), the chance of survival falls to 5%.

After only 4 minutes, you start to suffer permanent brain damage.

You can live with these odds,

if you do what you have to do

now!