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FDNY promotes CPR training initiatives for New Yorkers
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Commissioner Tucker emphasizes the importance of CPR training programs offered by the FDNY. These initiatives aim to equip New Yorkers with life-saving skills and have already shown positive results in real-life situations.
- FDNY EMTs and paramedics teach compressions-only CPR to New Yorkers across the city
- A success story is shared about two FDNY High School students who used their CPR training to save a life
- The commissioner encourages everyone to participate in a mobile CPR program and invites council members to schedule fire safety and CPR events in their districts
Robert Tucker
0:11:30
We also have a variety of active mobile cardiopulmonary resuscitation units.
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In this unit FDNY EMTs and paramedics teach New Yorkers from every corner of the city to perform compressions only CPR.
0:11:46
We've heard numerous stories about members of the public training on CPR in one of our programs and then successfully using the skills that they've learned to save a life in their own communities.
0:11:59
One example that we like to cite took place in 2023 when two students from the FDNY High School in Brooklyn encountered a friend's family member who was unresponsive and gasping for air.
0:12:12
Putting their CPR training into use, the students worked together to perform chest compressions, contact 911, and keep the patient alive while EMS responded and transported the patient to the hospital.
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These efforts, which are carried out in partnership with the FDNY Foundation, assist New Yorkers while helping themselves and their neighbors.
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You never know when you might be put in a situation to save a life.
0:12:41
And I would encourage everyone to participate in a mobile CPR program.
0:12:47
I invite you to contact us to schedule fire safety and CPR events as well as to schedule fire and EMS recruiting demonstrations for members of your committee.
0:12:59
We are always looking for New Yorkers to join the FDNY and we need your help.