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The Mission Statement of the Hatzolah CPR training centre is to provide as many people as possible with
the basic skills of saving a life.
It is amazing to see howmany people have taken an interest inwanting to learnmore about saving lives. In
case of an emergency, beforeHatzolah arrives, the knowledge of CPR is vital.
In order to train as many people as possible we have taken our training centre to the next level. We have 8
registered CPR training instructors, all of whom are Hatzolah responders. We are so privileged to have a
beautiful training centre at our headquarters which is equipped with all of the necessary facilities,
allowing us toprovide the best possible training to the community.
This year in March, Elisheva Forman took over the co-ordinating of the training centre and courses in
order for CPR training to become even more of a focus for us. The more people trained, the more people
we knoware capable of helping to save lives.
We have trainedmany people in the ability to performCPR. These people range between our community
members, domestic workers, police officers, doctors, other medical practitioners, teachers, school
children andmanymore.
The heart is a pump and itsmain purpose is to push blood around the body so that all the cells and tissues
get sufficient oxygen and nutrients. When cardiac arrest occurs, these basic life sustaining objectives will
lead to death. Performing CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) by placing both hands in the middle of
the chest and pushing down hard and fast, the heart gets compressed between the sternumand the spine.
This skill allows blood to be shunted around the body. Chest compressions have been shown to achieve
25%of cardiac output (the amount of blood pushed out of the heart in a contraction). Thismay seemvery
little, however, themain objectivemet by the chest compressions are the same as the heart. CPR andmore
importantly, chest compressions, have shown increasingly better neurological survival the earlier it is
performed. Everyminute lostwithout CPRbeing executed, decreases the patient’s survival rate by10%.
CPR reallydoes handyou the precise tools, giving you the gift of helping to save a life.
Email cpr@hatzolah.co.za for information andbookings
SAVE LIVES LEARN CPR