Cardiac Arrest
Dane Melberg
Ben Bates
Speech M01
11 February , 2012
Cardiac Arrest
General Purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about what is happening in the body during cardiac arrest and what to do if they witness a cardiac event.
Central Idea: Bystander CPR and use of an AED, or automated external defibrillator, is the greatest predictor of survival for a person in cardiac arrest. The majority of the general public feel unprepared or unqualified to assist a person in cardiac arrest. Hands only CPR is a simple course of action that people of any age or ability can learn. As the majority of cardiac arrests occur at home, the life being saved will most likely be a family member.
Introduction:
Attention Getter: There you are walking in the mall, sitting at a table having a nice lunch, playing charades when all of a sudden the person in next to you grabs their chest and sinks to the floor. Do you know what to do? Will you freeze up? Will you panic? Or will you know what to do and do it? That person’s life is now in your hands. What you do from this point on will determine whether they have a chance at living or if they will die.
Introduce Topic: Today, I’m going to talk to you about sudden cardiac arrest and what to do if someone collapses in front of you.
Statement of Credibility/Relevance: Cardiac arrest is defined by dictionary.com as the “failure of the pumping action of the heart, resulting in loss of consciousness and absence of pulse and breathing.” According to the Center for Disease Control Cardiac Arrest Registry updated in July 2011, approximately 300,000 people experience an out of hospital cardiac arrest each year. Only 8% survive to be discharged from the hospital (“Cardiac Arrest Registry”). According to the CPR Facts and Stats released by American Heart Association or AHA in June of 2011, “80% of these events will occur at home” and alarmingly, “70% of Americans feel helpless to act because they don’t know how, or
Ben Bates
Speech M01
11 February , 2012
Cardiac Arrest
General Purpose: To inform
Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about what is happening in the body during cardiac arrest and what to do if they witness a cardiac event.
Central Idea: Bystander CPR and use of an AED, or automated external defibrillator, is the greatest predictor of survival for a person in cardiac arrest. The majority of the general public feel unprepared or unqualified to assist a person in cardiac arrest. Hands only CPR is a simple course of action that people of any age or ability can learn. As the majority of cardiac arrests occur at home, the life being saved will most likely be a family member.
Introduction:
Attention Getter: There you are walking in the mall, sitting at a table having a nice lunch, playing charades when all of a sudden the person in next to you grabs their chest and sinks to the floor. Do you know what to do? Will you freeze up? Will you panic? Or will you know what to do and do it? That person’s life is now in your hands. What you do from this point on will determine whether they have a chance at living or if they will die.
Introduce Topic: Today, I’m going to talk to you about sudden cardiac arrest and what to do if someone collapses in front of you.
Statement of Credibility/Relevance: Cardiac arrest is defined by dictionary.com as the “failure of the pumping action of the heart, resulting in loss of consciousness and absence of pulse and breathing.” According to the Center for Disease Control Cardiac Arrest Registry updated in July 2011, approximately 300,000 people experience an out of hospital cardiac arrest each year. Only 8% survive to be discharged from the hospital (“Cardiac Arrest Registry”). According to the CPR Facts and Stats released by American Heart Association or AHA in June of 2011, “80% of these events will occur at home” and alarmingly, “70% of Americans feel helpless to act because they don’t know how, or
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