Facts and Figures You Should Know

Consider these statistics regarding cardiac arrest…

• 85 percent of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur either at work or at home
• Approximately 1.25 million people in the U.S. experience a heart attack each year; 500,000 of these attacks result in death
• A treatment delay of 4 to 5 minutes decreases survival rates by as much as 40 percent. A delay of 10 minutes or longer results in death 95 percent of the time.
• Prompt, effective administration of CPR can mean the difference between life and death.

Consider these statistics related to injury costs:

• More than 60 million injuries occur each year in workplaces and homes in the U.S.
• Direct costs attributable to these injuries exceed $65 billion annually.
• Indirect costs (such as loss of wages, cost of fringe benefits, loss of home production, legal liabilities, and workplace disruption costs) exceed $150 billion
• Prompt, effective administration of first aid saves lives and reduces injury costs for employers and employees.

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