WakeMed Heart Center is hosting a series of education programs and events to mark February as National Heart Month and to help North Carolinians lead healthy, heart-filled lives.
We are teaming up with Wake County EMS to teach the basics of CPR and the warning signs and symptoms of a heart attack in our “Feel the Beat – CPR Anytime” program.
CPR was selected as a primary focus for education events because according to the American Heart Association, effective bystander CPR provided immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival, but only 32 percent of cardiac arrest victims get CPR from a bystander. Today, less than eight percent of people who suffer cardiac arrest outside a hospital survive.
Locations and date include:
Cary – Wednesday, February 8
Adult CPR Anytime
WakeMed Cary Hospital Conference Center, Cary
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Presented by: Jimmy Locklear, MD, WakeMed Faculty Physicians – Raleigh Cardiology; and Wake County EMS
Raleigh – Thursday, February 16
Infant/Child CPR Anytime and Handling Pediatric Emergencies
Andrews Conference Center at WakeMed Raleigh Campus, Raleigh
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Presented by Courtney Mann, MD, Wake Emergency Physicians
Garner – Tuesday, February 21
Adult CPR Anytime
White Deer Park Nature Center, Garner
10:30 a.m. to noon
Presented by: George Hamrick, MD, FACC, WakeMed Faculty Physicians – Carolina Cardiology; and Wake County EMS
Raleigh – Thursday, February 23
Adult CPR Anytime
Heart Center Conference Center at WakeMed Raleigh Campus
6:30 to 8 p.m.
Presented by John Sinden, MD, FACC, WakeMed Faculty Physicians – Raleigh Cardiology; and Wake County EMS
Brier Creek – Wednesday, February 29
Adult CPR Anytime
WakeMed Brier Creek Healthplex, Raleigh
10:30 a.m. to noon
Presented by: John Kelly, MD, FACC, WakeMed Faculty Physicians, and Wake County EMS
Participants will receive one free CPR Anytime for Family & Friends kit per household. However, donations to the WakeMed Foundation – Heart Education Fund are encouraged and make it possible for WakeMed to continue heart health education programs in the community. Register online at www.wakemed.org
Additionally, February 14- 19 we’re also pleased to sponsor the classic musical adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables, a timeless story of love, dreams, and redemption. Les Miserables will be staged at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets, call 1-800-745-3000 or visit www.ProgressEnergyCenter.com
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