CPR Facts:
Over 400,000 people experience cardiac arrest out of hospital every year. Of these 400,000, about 160,000 die. Of these deaths, bystander CPR is administered less than 30% of the time.
The average EMS response time in Colorado is 11 minutes, the average adult will experience brain death in 4-6 minutes without CPR. This is considerable sooner then when EMS personal will arrive.
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