1 Minute CPR Video Could Help Save Lives: Study

Statistics show that as many as 70 percent of Americans feel they would be unable to help during a cardiac emergency because they do not know how to administer CPR or their training has lapsed. 

Fortuntaely, the American Heart Association encourages every individual to take time out and watch a one-minute CPR training video that could help potentially save you or someone you knows life.

According to findings presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Session's 2013, researchers used a one-minute CPR video to help improve responsiveness and teach compression only CPR to people with no prior CPR experience.

Participants involved were divided into two groups:48 adults looked at the video, while 47 sat idle for one minute.

In a private area where a mannequin experienced a sudden collapse via stimulation, both groups were asked what they felt was best to do. Researchers measured participant's response time to call 911 and start chest compression. CPR quality reflected by chest compression, rate and hands-off interval time was also measured.

Findings showed that participants who watched the CPR video called 911 more frequently, initiated chest compression sooner and showed an increased chest compression rate with decreased hands-off intervals.

"Given the short length of training, these findings suggest that ultra-brief video training may have potential as a universal intervention for public venues to help bystander reaction and improve CPR skills," Ashish Panchal, M.D., Ph.D. lead researcher of the study said, via a press release.

More information regarding the study can be found here.