SLICC
A 501(c)(3) public charity incorporated in Georgia, 100% staffed by volunteers,
and formally known as 'Saving Lives In Chatham County, Inc.'

During your lifetime, you have about a ten percent chance of seeing a family member, friend, or acquaintance have a cardiac arrest

                    

...and if your family or friends are not trained, it's your life they are risking, not theirs.
     

SLICC's CPR in the Schools program is FREE!

SLICC has released its CPR in the Schools program. No charge, 32 minute video, Bystander CPR, AED use, Choking emergencies, and Stroke Recognition. WITH online training for the faculty / staff / PTA members who will be facilitating the course. If you are interested, fill in the form to the left, and you will receive a URL, login name, and password so that you can poke around the www.slicc.org/CPR/ site and see what it's all about!

Sudden Cardiac Arrest
kills as many as these other causes, combined!

  • Breast Cancer, Colon Cancer, Prostate Cancer

  • Altsheimers, AIDs

  • Motor Vehicle Crashes, Firearms, Suicide, House Fires

What does a
sudden cardiac arrest
look like?

Hungarian international football player Miklos Feher
died on Sunday, January 25, 2004 as a consequence
of suffering a Sudden Cardiac Arrest during a match
with his club team, Benfica of Portugal.

And what do you
do about it?

Dr. Ewy on Compression-Only CPR

And what do you
do about it?

This video by Dr. Ben J Bobrow and Dr. Tyler F Vadeboncoeur is an excellent demonstration of what SLICC has been teaching for several years. If after watching the video you have any doubts about your ability to perform Compression-Only CPR, your ability to use an AED, your ability to save a choking person, or your ability to tell when someone is having a stroke, register for a class.

Hands-Only CPR Saves Lives
(click this link and click on the 'Watch Video' arrow)



"Hands-Only" is a trademark
of the American Heart Association

  • How would you feel if your loved one dropped to the floor in cardiac arrest and you didn’t know what to do?

  • How would you feel if he or she died because you didn’t know CPR?

  • In sixty minutes we’ll teach you CPR, AED, Heimlich, and stroke recognition.
    Contact SLICC about special arrangements for large groups.

  • The life you save may be the life of someone you love.

And it's not only immediate CPR - it's widespread deployment of defibrillators.

So how do you use a defibrillator?

If you see someone collapse - and one in seven of us will - Just follow the Chain of Survival.

           

It's easy for you to learn the first three

...and we can teach you how
in less than an hour!
  1. If they are not responsive,
    Call 911
  2. If they are not breathing,
    Immediately pump the chest hard and fast - and don't stop!
  3. If an AED becomes available,
    Defibrillate Promptly!
  4. When the ambulance arrives
    Let the ambulance crew take over - they'll know what to do.

What does one
type of stroke
look like?



(Actually, it turned out to be caused by an arterial spasm, secondary to a complex migraine headache - a rare occurance that mimics a stroke.)

Things YOU need to remember!