While it may have been fun to watch, and certainly raised CPR & AED Awareness, Baywatch sent some very wrong messages about CPR. CPR rarely actually "Resuscitates" as the name implies, but rather helps maintain stasis until an AED or other more advanced lifesaving arrives. It is CPR & AED Awareness Month - We'd like more celebrities and politicians to help spread the word about how affordable and Fun CPR Training can be, and how readily accessible AEDs save lives.

It's not every day you see Birmingham's mayor giving a dummy CPR.
Mayor William Bell and several Birmingham, AL city council members got on-the-spot CPR training at a city council meeting.
It was part of an effort to raise awareness and train more people about the lifesaving technique.
AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) should be in every school, every business, and every public place - but people haven't clued in to the fact that they aren't enormous, scary expensive hospital devices. These are simple-to-use, efficient lifesaving devices that instruct the user. While CPR & AED training certainly makes their use more efficacious, it is not necessarily required as the devices walk the rescuer through the process with audio and visual instructions.
More than ever, too, AEDs are easy to obtain, and funding is available even to private businesses and individuals (not just organizations) to obtain them.
Consider the National AED Grant program at www.AedGrant.com - they provide funding assistance for getting AEDS. Their program is described as -
An AED in every Home…
An AED in every Business…
An AED in every Public Place…
Our Goal: An AED wherever tragedy may strike.
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