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Take10

The Office of the Medical Director, EMS and the Austin Fire Department teaches the TAKE10 program, a citywide campaign to improve cardiac arrest survival throughout the community. Program coordinators train community leaders and organizations on an innovative hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) program that teaches the life-saving skill in just 10 minutes, with the hope that they in turn will train their family, friends and other community members.

Program Importance

Each year in Austin and Travis County, approximately 600 people experience cardiac arrest and are treated by the Austin/Travis County EMS system. In 2011, despite only 48 percent receiving bystander CPR, 72 lives were saved.

“The most definitive thing we can do as a community to improve survival is to have more citizens willing and able to provide bystander CPR,” said Dr. Paul Hinchey, Medical Director.  “We will take this opportunity to carry our message out to the community and let everyone know: You need to act, you can do no harm and you can save a life.”

Since launching TAKE10 in 2011, the City of Austin’s program has been used as a model for other cities, such as Suffolk County, New York; Howard County, Maryland; and Washington County, Texas.

Additional Information

To learn more about the TAKE10 CPR training program and how you can bring the program to your community or organization, please contact the program coordinator at 512-978-0060 or visit the Take Heart Austin website.

Learn Online

The Take 10 method can be viewed online by watching a quick 2.5-minute instructional video, located below:

 

 

 

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