Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN) - In recent weeks, including this past weekend, we've seen organized events to educate the community on hands-only CPR.
The American Heart Association says there's been a groundswell of interest in hands-only CPR in the six months since Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field during a nationally televised game.
Related
Damar Hamlin led an event at Highmark Stadium recently to kickoff a push to educate and the AHA's Jason Stulb tells WBEN the interest has not diminished.
Stulb says before the January 2nd incident, not many were paying attention to the need for CPR training. "We've seen a 620% increase in our pageviews to hands only CPR, and 145% increase into our page that is just 'what is CPR'," says Stulb.
There were two events this month where the Bills partnered with the American Heart Association to provide CPR training, one at Highmark Stadium, and the other this past Saturday at Johnnie B. Wiley Pavilion.
Related
Stulb says the American Heart Association has been busy in the past six months. During February and March, there were three to four hands only CPR demos a week. Now there will be two a month with community organizations through the collaborative efforts with the Buffalo Bills.
Stulb says he's never seen such demand for CPR and AED training in his 15 years with the American Heart Association. "It's really coming from businesses, coming from community organizations, and we're really trying to make sure that we're looking at pockets and areas of the community where we don't see good bystander CPR rates, and this education isn't always delivered," explains Stulb.
Listen to WBEN NOW!
If you would like to sign up for training, go to https://www.heart.org/BuffaloBillsCPR.