Learn to Save a Life This October During National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
Mount Sinai Health System urges the general public, especially students, to learn lifesaving CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator to reduce sudden cardiac death rates.
The Mount Sinai Health System will host five free Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Fairs this October in honor of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month to increase the community's knowledge about what sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and how to save more lives from it by teaching lifesaving hands-only CPR and the proper use of an automated external defibrillator (AED).
Mount Sinai invites students at area schools and community members to attend its SCA Awareness Fairs. Attendees will be educated by Mount Sinai Health System's cardiologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, emergency medicine experts, and other staffers, who will demonstrate hands-only CPR and automated external defibrillator technology. In addition, attendees will be able to explore the inside of a Mount Sinai ambulance.
"Mount Sinai's Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Fairs are very important to show adults and school children alike how they can save a life during an emergency if they are armed with the proper knowledge and skills," says Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System.
SCA occurs when a person's heart abruptly stops beating, and may be caused by a dangerous abnormal heart rhythm, a genetic predisposition, or for no explained reason. Each year, more than 350,000 adults and children die unexpectedly from SCA. "It is known that, if CPR and/or AED is used within minutes to resuscitate a person who experiences sudden cardiac arrest, it may help save their life," says Dr. Oliver.
Mount Sinai Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Fairs will take place between 11 am and 2 pm (except as noted) at these locations:
• Mount Sinai St. Luke's – Friday, October 14, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue (at 114th Street), Hospital Lobby
• The Mount Sinai Hospital – Friday, October 14, 1468 Madison Avenue, Guggenheim Pavilion, Lobby Atrium
• PACC – Friday, October 21 (11 am-3 pm), Phillips Ambulatory Care Center, 10 Union Square East, Second Floor Atrium
• Mount Sinai Brooklyn – Thursday, October 27, 3201 Kings Highway, Main Lobby
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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