Loren Marshall Foundation
Big Wild Heart
 of Alaska
 

Learn CPR in 22 minutes - FREE!

 This method of CPR is shown to be equally effective when compared to the traditional ventilation and compression CPR, is easier to learn and train and more likely to be accepted and used. Most sudden cardiac arrest occurs in the home– families and friends trained in hands-only CPR are the rescuers present at the event to perform CPR and will be the ones to save a life! See below for more info.

P.O. Box 190474   Anchorage, Alaska 99519        (907) 720-0911    501 (c) Tax I.D. 20-5978069
 

Every 8th Grader by 2011

The Loren Marshall Foundation has proposed the goal of CPR training for every 8th grade student –beginning with the Municipality, reaching to the Mat-Su Valley and extending throughout the State of Alaska. The Foundation has as its core membership dedicated individuals from the Anchorage Fire Department, Emergency Physician groups, Emergency and Critical Care Nurses and experienced hospital-based educators and instructors. With the support of hospital administration– giving freely of time, money and resources– the Foundation has begun the work towards achieving the goal. 

The Foundation’s grand goal of achieving CPR training for every 8th grader in Alaska cannot be met without the support of the communities that benefit. Volunteers will be working to help with planning and training but the financial support of citizens, local businesses and the medical community is crucial. If you would like to contribute to making the training happen and participate in the saving of a life– please contact the foundation at LorenMarshallFoundation.org  or read more here at CPR-Alaska.org 

 

CPR Program

CEO: James Foster, Paramedic
Physician: Dr. Michael Levy
Clinical Educator: Debra Gariepy, RN
Coordinator: Valerie DeFrance, Paramedic
AK Regional Hospital Support: Ruth Townsend, RN
Providence Hospital Support: 

Support provided by

Anchorage Firefighters and Paramedics
Rasmusson Foundation

 

Executive Program Summary

 

 

 

“Heroes aren’t born, they’re trained”

 

You are cordially invited to save a life

*  80% of Sudden Cardiac Arrests
occur in the home
 
*  Only 25% of persons needing CPR
receive any before responders arrive 
 
*  Citizen/Bystander CPR doubles and in some cases triples the patient’s chance for survival


 CPR can be learned in 22 minutes - FREE!

Alaska Regional Hospital will be holding CPR Anytime classes on the 4th Wed of each Month- except November 2009 -starting this month at 6pm and 6:30 pm in the Ivy Room on the first floor of the Hospital.

You must email us with the names of the persons who will be attending and which Wednesday you plan to attend. 

How to sign up for the 8th grade Free CPR training in your school

Please contact our coordinator with your needs and the program details. 

Valerie  v.defrance@att.net
voice (907) 782-3174

Volunteer to teach CPR Anywhere

Contact Valerie as above to see how you can help train families and students in CPR across Alaska.

Facilitator Instructions

Push Hard
Push Fast

   
The NEW Universal Sign
Leif Parsons, NYT


TV CPR translated into a real save!!

Little Lifesavers: Kids Capable Of CPR

.."students as young as 9 years are able to successfully and effectively learn basic life support skills"

Nine-year-olds can and should learn CPR. A study of 147 schoolchildren has shown that, although the smallest may lack the requisite strength, the knowledge of how to perform basic life support is well retained by young children.

Fritz Sterz, from the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, led a team of researchers who studied children who had received six hours of life support training. Upon examination four months after the training, 86% performed CPR correctly. Sterz said, "The usefulness of CPR training in schools has been questioned since young students may not have the physical and cognitive skills needed to perform such complex tasks correctly. We found that, in fact, students as young as 9 years are able to successfully and effectively learn basic life support skills. As in adults, physical strength may limit depth of chest compressions and ventilation volumes, but skill retention is good."

The skills taught to the children included automatic defibrillator deployment, providing CPR, usage of the recovery position and calling for the emergency services. For the critical skills of CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, BMI was the factor that had the biggest influence on depth of compressions and amount of air inhaled. Age did not play a role, indicating that a well-built nine-year-old can be just as capable as an older child.

The researchers conclude, "Given the excellent performance by the students evaluated in this study, the data support the concept that CPR training can be taught and learnt by school children and that CPR education can be implemented effectively in primary schools at all levels. Even if physical strength may limit CPR effectiveness, cognitive skills are not dependent on age, and with periodic retraining, children's performance would likely improve over time."

Journal reference:
Roman Fleischhackl, Alexander Nuernberger, Fritz Sterz, Christina Schoenberg, Tania Urso, Tanja Habart, Martina Mittlboeck and Nisha Chandra-Strobos. School children sufficiently apply life supporting first aid: A prospective investigation. Critical Care, (in press) [link] 
Adapted from materials provided by BioMed Central, via EurekAlert!, a service of AAAS.