Phone: (631) 484-0107
E-mail: pat@secondchancescpr.com
Welcome to Second Chances CPR
Education in CPR, First Aid, and other Lifesaving skills
Second Chances is a company designed to teach your employees the skills needed to give a co-worker, loved one, neighbor, or a total stranger, a true second chance in life.
By performing CPR you are doing a selfless act that will give somebody the chance to have more time with his/her loved ones. Saving a life is something that will stick with you for ever, and the feeling will never be forgotton.
The staff at Second Chances knows the importance of CPR and the importance of helping somebody in need. They have the knowledge, experience, and the skill to teach the correct and most effective way to perform CPR.
Patrick O'Leary
President/Lead Instructor
Patrick is a nine year volunteer FireFighter/EMT with the Lakeland Fire Department, and an eight year career Aircraft Firefighter/EMT for MacArthur Airport. Patrick has also helped multiple EMS Agencies throughout Suffolk County, NY. Patrick has been teaching CPR for the past seven years. The knowledge and Experience that Patrick and his staff will bring to your company will help prepare your employees/family members to help save a life.
CPR Facts
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the leading cause of death in adults. Most arrests occur in persons with underlying heart disease.
- CPR doubles a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest.
- 75% of all cardiac arrests happen in people's homes.
- A typical victim of cardiac arrest is a man in his early 60's and a woman in her late 60's
- Cardiac arrest occurs twice as frequently in men compared to women.
- CPR was invented in 1960
- CPR provided a trickle of oxygenated blood to the brain and heart and keeps these organs alive until defibfillation can shock the heart into a normal rhythm.
- If CPR is started within 4 minutes of collapse and defibrillation provided within 10 minutes, a person has 40% chance of survival.
What are the causes of sudden cardiac arrest?
Sudden death is most often caused by heart disease. When blood vessels narrow, the heart muscle can become irritated because of lack of blood supply. In heart attack (acute myocardial infarction), a blood vessel becomes completely blocked by a blood clot, and there is enough irritability of the muscle to cause ventricular fibrillation. In fact, the reason many people with chest pain are admitted to the hospital is to monitor their heart rate and rhythm for signs that might lead to ventricular fibrillation. Sudden death may also be the first presentation of heart disease.
- Coronary artery disease
- Heart attack
- Enlarged heart (cardiomyopathy)
- Valvular heart disease
- Congenital heart disease
- Electrical problems in the heart
- Less than one-third of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest victims receive bystander CPR.
- Effective bystander CPR, provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest, can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival.
- The American Heart Association trains more than 12 million people in CPR annually, including healthcare professionals and the general public.
- Unless CPR and defibrillation are provided within minutes of collapse, few attempts at resuscitation are successful.
- Even if CPR is performed, defibrillation with an AED is required to stop the abnormal rhythm and restore a normal heart rhythm.
- New technology has made AEDs simple and user-friendly. Clear audio and visual cues tell users what to do when using an AED and coach people through CPR. A shock is delivered only if the victim needs it.
- AEDs are now widely available in public places such as schools, airports and workplaces.