National CPR Week begins Sunday

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Sunday marks the beginning of National CPR and AED Awareness Week, bringing advocacy to the best practices of handling cardiac arrest.

The week was established in 2007 by Congress, which collaborated with the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross and the National Safety Council.

Logann Poley is a senior development director at the American Heart Association in Kalamazoo. She said when it comes to CPR, there are two critical steps for people to remember: call 911 and push at the center of the chest…

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