As an Emergency Room Nurse trained in Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), I am amazed at the number of Cardiac Emergencies that come thru our Emergency Department that could have had a better chance of survival if the person or persons discovering the victim would have had some training. More than 300,000 people die from cardiac arrest every year.

Hence, CPR or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The use of CPR can double the chances that a person will survive. Classes for training are held almost weekly by the American Red Cross Chapters across the nation and The Amercian Heart Association. In addition to CPR training we now have devices that are readily available to the public to help people with Cardiac Problems. They are called AED