Tiffany HoxieProfessor Kenneth LeeComm 103 – Spring 2014Informative Speech OutlineHands-Only CPR Began in the 1980s and Can Save a Life General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: After my speech my audience will be more informed on hands-only CPR.Thesis Statement: Compared to tradition, CPR studies have shown that hands-only CPR can help save the life of a person in cardiac arrest by maintaining perfusion to the brain.IntroductionAttention Greetings: Everyone here we have a loved one at home or friends, imagine one of your own you are sitting in a restaurant and the person you love suddenly starts to suffocate and falls to the floor. Motionless, your loved one lies there, not breathing, with no one to help you as you panicked and dialed 911. The emergency response takes 20 minutes to arrive. Meanwhile your love is dying, what could help you, CPR with hands only. Preview: I would like to start by giving the statistics on CPR and sudden cardiac arrest and how CPR survival rate increases with hands-only CPR, and also how to perform hands-only CPR CPR with songs from the 80s. (Transition: Let's start with cardiac arrest statistics.)Body:I.According to the American Heart Association, approximately 70% of Americans would not know what to do in a cardiac arrest emergency. (AHA 2014)A. Every year, 383,000 sudden cardiac arrests occur in out-of-hospital settings and approximately 88% of them occur in home settings. (AHA 2014) B. Many people who experience cardiac arrest do not have a history of heart problems or have risk factors that could cause cardiac arrest.C. Every 90 seconds a cardiac arrest costs someone's life1. It claims more victims than AIDS, lung and breast cancer. (HRS 2012)(Transition: Why you should act in case of cardiac arrest.)II....... middle of the document ......nt. Why it is important to act quickly to prevent brain loss and death in an emergency cardiac arrest. How to successfully perform manual-only CPR on those who need it. Fast and strong compression on the notes of the song Staying Alive.B by Bee Gee. Creative final thought: If you ever witness a person in cardiac arrest, don't panic, take action and only perform hand-held CPR, otherwise if it's your loved one. You could save a life! ReferencesAmerican Heart Association (AHA 2014). http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/CPRandECC/WhatisCPR/CPRFactsandStats/CPR-Statistics_UCM_307542_Article.jspAmerican Red Cross (ARC). http://www.redcross.org/images/MEDIA_CustomProductCatalog/m6440194_HandsOnlyCPRsheet.pdf?utm_source=handsonlycpr&utm_medium=pdf&utm_campaign=handsonlycpr_englishHeart Rhythm Society (HRS 2012) http://www.hrsonline.org/News/Fact-Sheets/SCA-Consumer -Survey-Facts#axzz2yGQJUf85