Researchers at the University of Michigan found that if people living in poor neighborhoods received CPR instruction, heart attack victims there would have a better chance of survival.
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He said the aim was to ensure quality-assured training inCPR equitably across the province.
Over the past 50 years, 300 million people have been trained inCPR, yet today, CPR is only performed in about 25% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases.
The San Ramon Fire Protection District, which is located east of Silicon Valley, has released an app that notifies people who are trained inCPR when someone is having a heart attack nearby.