June 20, 2017
DENVER — The American Heart Association is launching a new campaign that calls for training U.S. workers to respond appropriately to workplace cardiac emergencies and also for public access to AEDs, automated external defibrillators. The association announced it June 19 and released results from new surveys that indicate most American workers aren’t prepared to handle these emergencies because they lack training in CPR and first aid.
Sharing the details of the research findings with attendees of the American Society of Safety Engineers’ Safety 2017 conference and expo here, American Heart Association officials said they’ll be publicizing the details widely during the second half of this year. More employee training on CPR and use of AEDs is clearly needed, the survey shows, and it also points out the need for more refresher training.
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