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Hands-Only CPR Resources
The videos included on this page were cited in the study, "The Effectiveness of Ultrabrief and Brief Educational Videos for Training Lay Responders in Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Implications for Future of Citizen Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training," published in the journal Circulation March, 2011.
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Printable Resources
Printable Toolkit
Download all Hands-Only CPR Printable Toolkit (ZIP)
Email Templates
Download all Hands-Only CPR Email Templates (ZIP)
Social Media Assets
Download all Hands-Only CPR Social Media Assets and Resources (ZIP)
Resources in Additional Languages
Recursos en Español (Zip file)
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Music
The American Heart Association has teamed up with the Anthem Foundation to teach Americans how to perform Hands-Only CPR. All songs in our 'Don't Drop the Beat' playlist and Anthem Health Champions Station are between 100 - 120 beats per minute, the same rate at which you should perform compressions when administering CPR.Survivor Stories
Juan Muñoz
Training CPR rescuers, one traveler at a time.
Matthew Lickenbrock
Bored college student tried airport CPR Kiosk- and literally saves a life just days later.
David Martinez
This man had no CPR training. But he saved his co-worker’s life by pumping her chest to ‘Stayin’ Alive’.
Tell Us Your CPR Story
Tell us about your experience as a CPR survivor or rescuer. We want to recognize heroes that have stepped in to save a life.