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The national cardiac arrest survival rate in the U.S. is at a dismal 5 percent or less and approximately 75 percent – 80 percent of sudden cardiac arrests occur at home. Recognizing that far too many Americans aren’t prepared to do cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) when it’s needed, the American Heart Association created a simple, affordable way for people to learn CPR in less than 25 minutes, for under $30 – CPR Anytime™ for Family and Friends. Everything needed to complete this self-directed CPR training comes in one kit, which can be used in the convenience of the living room or family room. A single kit allows an entire family to learn CPR. The kit includes a one-of-a-kind CPR manikin, 22-minute DVD and resource booklet.

The CPR Anytime manikin is an inflatable version of the traditional CPR manikin, designed exclusively for CPR Anytime for Family and Friends by Laerdal Medical Corporation. An instructional DVD walks users through each step of the training, from inflating the manikin, to doing chest compressions and rescue breathing. The CPR Anytime for Family and Friends program allows users to keep the kit, so it can be used in a variety of training settings — from community group meetings with multiple trainees to families and individuals at home. The American Heart Association’s goal is for each person who receives a kit to take it home and share it with other family members, increasing the number of potential rescuers. The kit also allows families to refresh their skills whenever they can.

“Many people don’t take a CPR course because they don’t have time, are afraid of embarrassing themselves in the classroom, or don’t think they’ll ever have to provide CPR,” said Ed Stapleton, American Heart Association editor for community products. “CPR Anytime for Family and Friends removes traditional training obstacles by providing a brief and convenient way to learn CPR. With CPR Anytime, millions more people trained can result in thousands more lives saved.”

CPR Anytime for Family and Friends is for people who don’t need a course completion card to satisfy a work requirement and who most likely would never attend a traditional CPR course.

Introducing Mini Anne™

Laerdal Medical, through its strategic alliance with the American Heart Association, worked closely on the development of the CPR Anytime for Family and Friends kit. Most notably, Laerdal created Mini Anne, a unique manikin designed to accurately simulate a human — from the resistance of the chest during a compression to the amount of air necessary to make the chest rise and fall. Users are alerted that they pressed the chest hard enough when they hear a click, much like the larger manikins, typically used in traditional courses.

Why learn CPR?

Because most cardiac arrests occur at home, CPR Anytime for Family and Friends is the perfect way for families to learn how to help save a family member or friend who experiences sudden cardiac arrest. Effective CPR can help make the difference between life and death, buying valuable time and increasing the likelihood that the victim can successfully be defibrillated by an electric shock.

Each year, more than 335,000 people across the country die from coronary heart disease before reaching a hospital or in an emergency room. Most of those deaths result from sudden cardiac arrest. When the arrest occurs outside a hospital setting, most victims die because CPR and defibrillation were not provided soon enough. Although the American Heart Association annually trains more than nine million people, the vast majority of people in the U.S. do not know CPR. If more people performed effective CPR immediately after someone suffers cardiac arrest, thousands more lives could be saved.  To Learn CPR at Home contact LifeSavers, Inc. at 973-244-9111 or order your kit online at www.LifesaversInc.com.  Adult/Child kits are $29.95 and infant  kits are $34.95.  More information on heart related issues can be found at www.americanheart.org or www.suddencardiacarrest.org

Kitsch Cufflinks are designers, manufacturers and retailers of a unique range of novelty cufflinks, they have an extensive range of cufflinks all at affordable prices. They specialize in the unusual and unique designs ranging from sporting themes such as cricket wicket cufflinks to electric guitar cufflinks to nodding dogs. There complete range can be seen online at www.noveltycufflinks.co.uk

 

They are always developing and adding to there range and have recently designed an England supporters novelty cufflink, that is the red cross on a white background associated with Saint George whom became the patron saint of England in the thirteenth century. The legend of Saint George slaying a dragon dates from the twelfth century.

Since 1996, the English flag has become more affiliated with supporters of the English Football team with over 25% of English adults having bought a flag during the 2006 World cup. Prior to that date it was the union jack flag.

 

These stylish designer cufflinks are presented in a compact cufflink gift box and would make an ideal gift for England Football Supporter. The Flag has also proved popular when supporting England during Rugby Union matches and the England Cricket Matches know as the Ashes.

 

These St George Cross Flag, England cufflinks show the red cross on a white background, they measure some 20mm long by 12mm wide and are about 2.5mm with a silver finish.

 

Available Online from www.noveltycufflinks.co.uk at a special purchase price of £8.95 whilst stocks last.

 

Thanks to innovative and pop culture designs cufflinks have become a must have accessory for men and a kind of fashion statement. They also make ideal gifts for men whom have interests in sport, music and popular culture.

As the damage, lives, and missing are calculated the rest of the victims of Hurricane Katrina are asking what can they do to help and how can they be helped in their situation of distress. The American Red Cross is helping as much as they can and collecting funds to increase their capability to help the victims.

Federal help has been implemented, as well, to help the victims and their families get back on their feet. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is now helping in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and southern Florida. With this extra help many of the needed supplies for the people of the area will be supplied, as well as the needed funds to prepare to rebuild.

Many individuals have rallied as well to help those in need, both with missing people and fixing damages. Searches are being conducted all across Louisiana and Mississippi to find missing people in the rubble and destruction that was left behind Katrina’s path.

Hopefully with all the help that the people of these states are receiving they will quickly be able to get back to their everyday lives. But for now Hurricane Katrina victims still need help in lots of ways and are asking where to go for help and have found a group of local websites such as www.mylouisiana.us and www.mymississippi.us to be of great help to look for information at the state level. At a more local level they have found www.myneworleansla.us and www.myjacksonms.us. These sites provide hope and information for these devastated people. The forums created by the webmasters provide information for the victims in an organized manner. As well as a way to ask questions about what is being done in their local areas in the way of rebuilding and finding lost loved ones. And in a smaller, but still important aspect, giving the victims a place to tell their stories as a way of helping them cope with their losses and move on with their lives.

There are several ways to help including donating to the Red Cross fund at www.redcross.org and also helping more directly by volunteering time to help. Another way to help these people directly if you don’t have a lot of time you can visit the My United States Network sites and give these people hope and information in the forums