Eighty-eight percent of sudden cardiac arrest occurs at home, Cleveland Clinic cardiologist said it's important to know what to do to give someone a fighting chance.
CLEVELAND — Hundreds came together outside of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center Tuesday to support Damar Hamlin. The 24-year-old Buffalo Bills’ safety is still in critical condition in the hospital after he collapsed during the Monday Night Football game against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Glenn said he watched Hamlin collapse with the rest of the world, on television. Glenn and other family members, including Hamlin’s 7-year-old brother, watched it in horror. “It can be even more distressing when a young person has it happen to them, who seemingly is in great health. It seems to be a contradiction,” he said.
According to the American Heart Association, less than 8% of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital survive and 88% of them occur at home. “It’s you, that bystander, that may have the most impact on someone's life moving forward than anyone else. So getting some degree of familiarity, even even if you don't get formal training, familiarity with hands only CPR and the fact of how straightforward using an AED is for a bystander would go a long way into helping improve outcomes because really time is so crucial,” he said.
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