Did you know that Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is one of the leading
causes of death in the United States? Did you also know that
approximately 70% of people who go into cardiac arrest outside of the
hospital do not receive CPR until an ambulance arrives, which can be
upwards of 10 minutes in certain areas of the country? Recent studies
have shown that after 2 minutes without CPR, one's chance of survival
decrease by up to 10% a minute! Do you want to be the one to step up
and give someone CPR in their time of need?
CU CPR is a new student organization that is dedicated to providing
free CPR classes to ANY Columbia affiliate. In a partnership between
the American Heart Association, Columbia Health and Student Affairs,
iCU CPR has many students who are certified to teach you CPR! CU CPR
is the only student run CPR program of this size in the country, and
the American Heart Association is extremely interested in our work.
Help us show that programs like CU CPR are important by becoming
certified!
Columbia University CPR (CU CPR), will be running CPR classes in the
very near future! Due to the overwhelming amount of requests prior to
even opening registration, we will be setting up a system to register
for courses through the TIC system. There is no fee for the courses,
but the suggested donation for the course is $4. If you would like to
get more information about courses please subscribe to our listserv:
https://lists.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/cucpr-classes
This semester we will hold CPR courses with open enrollment 2-3 times
per month. CU CPR encourages you to gather a group of friends on your
floor, your class, your department, or any other way, and request a
group course by emailing cucpr@columbia.edu. The minimum number of
affiliates to request a separate time is 6 students. If you have the
ability to book a room you will be asked to do so, but CU CPR will
provide all the necessary AV and teaching materials. LOOK FOR
INFORMATION IN THE NEXT WEEK!
Also, for those of you who would like to join CU CPR, we have openings
for the executive board, instructors and general membership! Within
the next few days an application will be sent out to these listservs,
but if you have a strong interest or any questions you can email
cucpr@columbia.edu for more information.
If you were certified last semester and have not yet received your
card, please send us an email so we can get your card to you. Due to
changes in our system last year, there was a significant amount of
trouble distributing cards, which will not be the case in the future.
GET CERTIFIED, SAVE LIVES.
All the best,
Allison Levin
President, Columbia University CPR
Columbia University | Columbia College Class of 2013
apl2124@columbia.edu
