Quick Facts

• CPR Consultants is proud to offer our new 3300 square foot office at 7404 G Chapel Hill Road, Raleigh. The move is to handle our growing needs with American Heart Association Healthcare Training and AED Sales. In 2007, CPR Consultants trained over 6000 people in CPR, ACLS, and PALS. We continue to grow thoughout the Carolinas.
  
• Number of adults in the US who die suddenly from cardiac arrest every year: 460,000
  
• Number of adults in the US who die from sudden cardiac arrest every day: 1,300
  
• Frequency, in minutes, in the US of adult sudden cardiac arrest: 1
  
• US average survival rate, in percent, of victims of
  sudden cardiac arrest: 5%
  
• Survival rate, in percent, of people who experience sudden cardiac arrest in Chicago O’Hare Airport, which has one of the first public access defibrillation programs in the US: 56
  
• Target time interval, in minutes, between the time a person collapses and treatment with defibrillator: 3
  
• Number of minutes after cardiac arrest before irreversible brain damage usually begins: 4
  
• Average response time, in minutes, for EMS in the US: 4 – 10
  
• Time, in hours, needed to learn to perform CPR and use an AED: 3
  
• Approximate price of an automated external defibrillator: $3,000 - $1,500
  
• Number of states that have adopted AED Good Samaritan legislation: 50
  
• Value of one life saved: Priceless