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(ASCA) – Rome, June 5 – Italian Raising awareness on what to do in the face of an emergency cardiorespiratory teach life-saving maneuvers, including children, inform on how extensive is the phenomenon of sudden deaths, and above all to understand that we must not be afraid to intervene. Are the main objectives of” VIVA!” Week for cardiopulmonary resuscitation to be held ‘in Italy 14 to 20 October 2013.

An initiative dedicated to cardiac arrest that will have’ its climax in October, but that in reality ‘and’ already ‘in progress with a series of events and a communication campaign through the web 2.0 and social networks.

Each year over 400,000 people in Europe are affected from sudden cardiac arrest and many of these people could be saved if it were practiced immediately CPR and early defibrillation.

For Italy and the witness’ was picked up by Italian Resuscitation Council (IRC), an association scientific non-profit organization that adheres to European Resuscitation Council and has been taking care of the training of health professionals and lay people to cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

In the workplace, every year, 10,000 cases of arrest occur heart. The survival could increase from 5% to 60% if associated with cardiopulmonary resuscitation Defibrillation was started on time. For this reason, the initiative will involve ‘employers and workers in meetings and demonstrations of CPR and defibrillation.

The same attention will be’ reserved for the world of education, from the fact that students of any age ‘ even primary school, they learn easily to perform the maneuvers of CPR. For the more ‘young people, in addition to demonstrations and training courses, VIVA! has created a video game, an instructional video and an application for smartphones and tablets.

From school to sports, another area of ??extreme importance where there are rare cases of cardiac arrest in Italy it is estimated that at least 100 people a year die during activity ‘and not competitive sports. VIVA! will ‘so present in the places dedicated to the sport with collective training and with the presence at events and sporting events.

And it shall come’ also in hospitals and places dedicated to health. And cardiac arrest ‘, in fact, a problem in health care facilities. Every 1,000 hospitalizations, 5 patients had a cardiac arrest and only 20% survive.

Strengthen the awareness of health professionals about the importance of CPR quality ‘and’ therefore another important goal of the campaign.

But maybe this objective more ‘important and at the same time the most’ difficult ‘to enter the homes of Italians where is the goal’ of cardiac arrests.

Through training kits material and designed ad hoc, VIVA! wants us to understand that, in front of a cardiac arrest victim, everyone can start CPR while awaiting the arrival of rescue. The important ‘to know the basic maneuvers, maneuvers simple, safe, that anyone, even without a specific health preparedness, and’ able to implement.

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