Cpr Persuasive Speech

magine coming home and seeing a family member on the floor that’s not breathing and their unresponsive. The first reaction is to call 911 and then perform CPR but if there is no knowledge on how to perform CPR then the person could die. CPR can save a person's life if they quit breathing and if they're heart quits beating. CPR means Cardiopulmonary Recitation. The word cardio means heart, pulmonary means lung, and recitate means bring back to life. People usually stop breathing if they are drowning, suffocating, choking, electrocuted, or if they have a heart attack. CPR helps maintain blood flow to the brain and heart, and it opens up air ways. People don’t realize the importance of CPR, until they’re in a situation where someone stops breathing or if their heart stops beating. Everyone needs to have basic …show more content…
That way, if a student sees a person who needs CPR they will know how to perform the task. Students from the ages twelve to eighteen need to take a class on CPR in school so they know what to do when a person goes into cardiac arrest. In school as long as the student has a year of training in CPR and as long as they can past a CPR written test and then pass a test performed on a manikin baby and adult manikin they will receive a certification in CPR. In order to graduate a student would have to take one year of CPR. If a child knows CPR they don’t have to feel helpless when a family member or another person goes into cardiac arrest they can perform CPR and save a person's life. There should also be classes for adults who are interested in taking CPR so if they didn’t take a class in high school they can learn when they are an adult. The more people certified in CPR the more lives will be saved. Many people die from cardiac arrest and the more people who know CPR, the better, because they can help reduce the number of deaths from cardiac