What is the most likely place you will see an arrest? ...and what can you do?

More than 2/3 of all cardiac arrests occur in the home.

When that happens, you might have to get the victim out of bed - or out of the recliner - onto the floor. You then need to roll the victim onto their back and begin CPR.

We need to get the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross to change their curriculum to teach what is actually needed to perform CPR on the victim of a cardiac arrest.

The most effective way to get someone out of bed is to throw the covers off the foot of the bed, untuck the bottom sheet from the far side and throw it over the victim, and pull the bottom sheet until the victim rolls out of bed. Hopefully you have placed a pillow on the floor where the head is going to hit. See www.slicc.org click on For past trainees in the left column, and watch the "Adult CPR" video.

The most effective way to get a victim out of a recliner is to reach across the victim and pull that distant arm over the body to roll them out of the recliner.  See www.slicc.org click on For past trainees in the left column, and watch the "Adult CPR" video.