2015年6月2日

在地铁站的CPR和AED的示威游行

芝加哥-；梅特拉，西北医学®；和美国心脏协会联手提供救生演示几个梅特拉站以及芝加哥市中心站上星期四，2015年6月4日，在早高峰期间从6:30到9:00

子宫的客户会得到一个快速教育的正确的方式来管理新的仅用手的CPR方法和快速教程如何使用自动体外除颤器（AED）。这些示威活动正在全国CPR和AED宣传周，识别提供了六月1-7日，当时公众被鼓励去学习如何与心肺复苏和抗癫痫药物拯救生命。

西北医学和美国心脏协会代表将在千年站（伦道夫和密歇根）和芝加哥联盟站（禅师和运河）。（媒体鼓励到6:30，7:30之间千年）西北医药站位置：奥格尔维交通中心（500·麦迪逊）和拉萨尔街站（LaSalle &；范布伦）。美国心脏协会也将在阿灵顿高地站（45 W西北高速公路。），惠顿站（402 W前街）和Tinley公园站（17381美国橡树公园大道）。

&ldquo；知道做什么在急救情况可能意味着生与死的差别。我们很自豪与西北的合作伙伴医学 和美国心脏病协会把这些救生技巧，我们的客户，”执行董事\/首席执行官；子宫不orseno说。&ldquo；我相信这将是有用的信息，在需要的时候。”；

Metra and Northwestern 医学, the strategic alliance of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Northwestern University Feinberg School of 医学, teamed up with Cardiac Science in 2012 to raise awareness and support for AEDs on Metra trains. The partnership led to the installation of some 425 AEDs throughout Metra’s system. A defibrillator is an electronic device that gives an electric shock to the heart. This helps reestablish a normal heart rhythm in a heart having 心律失常或在心脏骤停。约300的抗癫痫药物已被安装在所有的地铁列车，另125个装备在工作设施和梅特拉警车。

“Performing CPR and using an AED are both very easy to do,” said Northwestern 医学’s Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology Dr. Bradley Knight. “Anyone can use an AED and anyone can perform CPR. The most important thing to do is to become familiar with both and to get involved when your help is needed.”

Dr. Knight is also Medical Director for the Center of Heart Rhythm Disorders at Northwestern’s Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute. He emphasized that a sudden 心脏骤停 happens when the electrical system of the heart malfunctions suddenly. It occurs when electrical impulses that tell the heart to pump blood become rapid or chaotic. This causes the heart to stop pumping blood to the brain and vital organs, which in most cases leads to death. The only treatment for 心脏骤停 is a shock to the heart. Early use of AEDs and CPR can help prevent someone from dying of 心脏骤停. Every day people can become “first responders” in a sense, by administering assistance while awaiting emergency response professionals. “Every second counts,” he added.

美国心脏协会将提供一个60秒的仅用手的CPR示范与曾经流行的“援助；小安妮&rdquo；假人。手仅心肺复苏术有2个步骤：1，911，和2）在胸部的中心用力推，快。

“Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone at any time. There are more than 380,000 out-of-hospital cases of 心脏骤停 each year in the United States, and effective bystander CPR can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival,” said President of the American Heart Association’s Metro Chicago Board of Directors Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones. “The American Heart Association is excited to join Metra and Northwestern 医学 to teach the public skills they need to save a life.”

媒介接触：
卡拉SPAK
Northwestern 医学
（312）926-0755
kspak@nm.org