Mass AED/ CPR Awareness Training

Mass AED/ CPR Awareness Training

For the fifth year, the University’s Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHS) sponsored a mass training of hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

EHS partnered with Mecklenburg EMS Agency (MEDIC) to offer these mass CPR trainings, the EHS Office wanted to increase bystander medical awareness about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). For every minute proper CPR is delayed, it decreases an individual’s chance of survival by 10 percent.

MEDIC paramedics instructed participants on the proper hand placement to perform compressions on a CPR manikin. In addition, they reviewed the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The University has multiple AEDs across campus. Please visit the Fire and Life Safety page for more information on where AEDs are located and check back to our news and events section for upcoming awareness events. Photos from the event can be found online.