Beginning at 10 a.m., 100 school buses began
unloading students for a record-setting event at Cowboys Stadium.
By 11:45 a.m., a Guinness adjudicator officially declared Arlington,
TX a new world record holder for CPR training with 4,626
participants.
Until today, Oslo, Norway held the world record for the largest CPR
training session with 3,692 participants.
“This world record shows our commitment to increasing knowledge
about CPR and growing the survival rates for cardiac arrest victims
in our schools, homes and communities,” said Mayor Robert Cluck.
On Tuesday, 4,626 students gathered on the football field at Cowboys
Stadium to learn CPR techniques. They viewed an instructional DVD on
the Jumbo-Tron that walked them through each step of training, using
a manikin to do chest compressions and rescue breathing.
During late 2005, Mayor Robert
Cluck met with representatives of the American Heart Association (AHA),
Arlington Fire Department, and the
UTA School of Nursing to discuss a new
CPR initiative.
The City of Arlington has been
chosen as the premier city for this new program which aims to improve
cardiac arrest survival by teaching 10% of the city’s population how to
perform CPR. This city initiative, CPaRlington, utilizes a self-directed
training method for teaching and learning the lifesaving skills of CPR.
Developed by AHA, in
collaboration with Laerdal Medical Corporation, this innovative
hands-on approach, called CPR Anytime™, includes
a manikin, book and DVD. It is designed to be shared with friends and
family members so that each kit can be used to train several people.
Visit the
CPR Anytime website
or contact Denise Dyer at 1-888-297-7772, Ext. 4232 to purchase kits.
For orders of 500 or more please call Damon Benton at 1-800-648-1851,
Ext. 2312.
For additional information contact the Arlington Fire Department at
817-459-5500 or by email at
CPaRlington.
