Performing CPR is easier than most people realize — and it does not require mouth-to-mouth contact, according to West Valley City fire officials.
The fire department’s new “Hands-Only” CPR campaign emphasizes how important it to learn this simple live-saving technique, which only employs chest compressions.
In Utah, the rate is much lower, about 20 percent, according to a Wednesday news release announcing the “Hands-Only” campaign, during which free classes will held.
“If you wait even five minutes to start CPR, the chance of survival is cut in half!” the news release says.
“Most people who experience cardiac arrest at home, work, or in a public location die because they don’t receive immediate CPR from someone on the scene,” the release says.