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The airport worked with the Miami Valley Division of the American Heart Association to bring the kiosk to the hub, and the project is also sponsored by the Heart Institute of Dayton.
“Most of cardiac arrests that occur outside the hospital happen in public places like airports,” said Dr. David Joffe, cardiologist and president of the Heart Institute of Dayton. “Having Hands-Only CPR education at an international airport will train people in this lifesaving skill.”
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About 90 percent of cardiac arrest fatalities occur primarily because bystanders do not know how to start CPR or they don’t want to do something wrong, according to the American Heart Association.
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