The $749 million Charter Oak Federal Credit Union in Groton, Conn., is one ofonly six companies in the state that has received the HEARTSafeWorkplace designation by the Connecticut Department of Health.
|The program is designed to improve the odds of survival forpeople who have sudden cardiac arrest or heart attacks in theworkplace. Employees receive emergency care training in how toadminister cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, and how to useautomated external defibrillators, AEDS. The program also holdshealth promotion activities for employees.
|Nearly 40 Charter Oak FCU employees have received CPR/AED training andcertification, the credit union said. In addition, all 12 CharterOak branches have access to AEDs.
|Effective CPR administered immediately after sudden cardiacarrest doubles a victim's chance of survival, according to theAmerican Heart Association. However, AHA statistics show about 70%of Americans do not know how to administer CPR, which is a reasonwhy only 5% of cardiac arrest victims survive.
|If more people knew how to administer CPR, more lives would besaved, according to the AHA.
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