"Don’t Be a Bystander – Be the One Who Makes a Difference!"

Imagine watching a loved one collapse in front of you, their heart suddenly stopping. Now imagine knowing there was something you could've done—something simple, something effective—but you never learned it, or were too afraid to try. This is the silent crisis happening all around us. Every day, lives are lost because bystanders aren’t equipped—or willing—to perform CPR. And since the COVID-19 pandemic, that problem has only grown more severe. The Decline of Life-Saving Action in a Post-COVID World According to the American Heart Association (AHA), over 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the U.S. each year. Nearly 90% of them are fatal. But when bystander CPR is administered immediately, survival rates can double or even triple. Yet, in 2023, only about 46% of people who experienced an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest received bystander CPR ( AHA, 2023 ). Why? The answer is complex, but the fear of infection has played a major role. Since COVID-19, many people have ...