Orlando Fire Department talks heart health, CPR on Valentine’s Day

February is National Heart Month

Heart health (eternalcreative, iStock Photos)

ORLANDO, Fla. – This Valentine’s Day, the Orlando Fire Department wants to make sure you know what to do in case of a broken heart.

Diana Stahl is the CPR coordinator for the department and offers yearly training on how to render aid. She spoke to News 6 about the importance of maintaining hearth health and knowing what to do in case of an emergency.

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February is National Heart Month, and Stahl offered some tips on how to keep a heart beating with CPR:

- Cardiac arrest can happen anywhere, to anyone at anytime

- For every minute that goes by without CPR, you lose a 10 percent chance of survival

- There is no need for mouth to mouth, by doing chest compressions you push and circulate the blood to the brain until help arrives

- Call 911, then begin compressions by pushing hard and fast in the center of the chest

- You should aim to complete 120 compressions per minute

- The song “Stayin’ Alive” is helpful to remember for the beat

- Florida has a “good samaritan” law that protects anyone who administers CPR under good faith that you are providing help

For Stahl’s full interview, watch the video below.


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