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New kiosk at Quinnipiac University designed to teach CPR
NORTH HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A machine now on the Quinnipiac University campus in North Haven is designed to save lives by teaching more people how to do CPR.
'Over 350,000 cardiac arrests happen each year,' Connecticut Executive Director of the American Heart Association Adria Giordano said. 'Ninety percent of them happen outside of a hospital. This kiosk can help change these statistics.'
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The kiosk is now in the lobby of Quinnipiac University's law school. It was developed by the American Heart Association as a hands-on interactive way to learn the four major skills of CPR.
'It's hand placement, it's compression depth, compression rate and recoil, and it teaches each of these in a different module, and at the end of the module, you get to practice,' Carolyn Martindale of Hartford HealthCare said.
Eleanora Marrone was the first Quinnipiac employee to try it out.
'It was actually very difficult. You actually have to put your whole weight into it. Not just your dominant hand,' Marrone said. 'It's about going to the beat and putting your whole force and weight into it.'
Hartford HealthCare brought the kiosk to Connecticut about a year ago. So far, they've reached more than 5,000 people at community centers, colleges, and other high traffic public events. Anything to get people to try it.
'Many people are afraid to do CPR because they're not knowledgeable, they think they might hurt someone, or they just don't want to do it,' Martindale said. 'So, we are trying to make more people comfortable by learning how to do this is a non-threatening situation.'
Even though it's in the Quinnipiac University School of Law, the kiosk is in the lobby, so anyone can walk in and use it. Just drive around to the back of the North Haven campus and park in the garage.
It will be there until the Travelers Championship later this month, because the machine will be at TPC River Highlands for that.
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