WakeMed Heart Center Hosts Education Programs and Events for National Heart Month

Feb. 3, 2012 - PRLog -- 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.

Experts at WakeMed Heart Center 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 WakeMed is sponsoring 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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About WakeMed Health & Hospitals
WakeMed Health & Hospitals is a private, not-for-profit health care organization based in Raleigh, N.C. The 870-bed system comprises a network of health care facilities throughout Wake and Johnston Counties. Centers of excellence include cardiac and vascular care, women’s and children’s services, physical rehab, emergency and trauma, orthopedics, neurosciences, home care and numerous wellness and community outreach programs. WakeMed’s team of 7,700 employees, 1,000 volunteers, more than 1,000 affiliated physicians, and 150 physicians employed by WakeMed Physician Practices serve the residents of North Carolina using the most advanced technologies to ensure the finest in health care. For more information, visit www.wakemed.org.