Iroquois
GOVERNMENT
New SD program trains communities to be cardiac-ready
IROQUOIS, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) Only 51-percent of Americans feel they’d be able to perform C-P-R manually in an emergency, according to a new survey. For those experiencing a cardiac emergency, chances of survival drop 10-percent for every minute that passes. Those minutes add up in rural communities, where emergency services take longer. That’s why Daphne Moeller, who works at the school in Iroquois–population 300–got her town involved in South Dakota Department of Health’s Cardiac Ready Communities program, which helps educate and equip communities to respond.
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