Learn to Save a Life This October During National CPR Awareness Month
Mount Sinai Health System urges the general public, especially students, to learn lifesaving CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator to reduce sudden cardiac death rates.
The Mount Sinai Health System will host five free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) fairs this October in honor of National CPR Awareness Month, to increase the community's knowledge about sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and how to save more lives from it by teaching lifesaving hands-only CPR and the proper use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
SCA occurs when a person's heart abruptly stops beating, and may be caused by a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm, a genetic predisposition, or for no explained reason. Each year, more than 350,000 adults and children die unexpectedly from SCA.
Mount Sinai invites students at area schools and community members to attend its CPR Awareness Fairs. Attendees will be educated by Mount Sinai Health System's cardiologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, emergency medicine experts, and other staffers, who will demonstrate hands-only CPR and automated external defibrillator technology. In addition, attendees will be able to explore the inside of a Mount Sinai ambulance.
"Mount Sinai's CPR Awareness Fairs are very important to show adults and school children alike how they can save a life during an emergency when armed with the proper knowledge and skills," says Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. "If CPR and/or AED is used within minutes to resuscitate a person who experiences a SCA, it may help save their life," says Dr. Oliver.
Mount Sinai CPR Awareness Fairs will take place between 11 am and 2 pm on Friday, October 20, at these locations:
The Mount Sinai Hospital
1468 Madison Avenue
Guggenheim Pavilion, Lobby
Contact: Dion Harrigan 212-241-6146
Mount Sinai Union Square
10 Union Square East
Second Floor–Atrium
Contact: Lena Chang 212-420-4746
Mount Sinai St. Luke's
1111 Amsterdam Avenue at 114th Street
Babcock Lobby, First Floor
Contact: Joan Joseph 212-523-2023
Mount Sinai West
1000 Tenth Avenue at West 58th Street
Main Lobby
Contact: Wendy O’Brien 646-745-5725
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, over 400 outpatient practices, nearly 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,300 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
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