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Goal: Educate 1 million Americans about CPR

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The American Heart Association has set an ambitious goal of educating 1 million Americans about CPR this week. This year, in particular, the AHA is looking to expand our reach to an audience that we may not normally reach - teens.

“We are reaching out to teens to create the next generation of lifesavers,” said Michael Sayre, M.D., chairman of the American Heart Association’s Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee and Ohio You're the Cure advocate. “Teens can learn how to save lives and play an important role by setting an example for their friends, families and neighbors about the need for CPR and AED training -- and they can encourage the adults in their lives to learn CPR.”

What can you do to help us reach our goal this week? There are lots of options:  
Log your training (including past trainings) at http://www.cprweek.org/! Every action is tallied and the map on the CPR week website is regularly updated to reflect the five states with the most CPR actions - is yours in the top five!??! Can we count you in?

This post is part of our series on CPR/AED Awareness Week. To see all CPR/AED Awareness week posts click here.
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