THE Philippine Heart Association (PHA) welcomes its partnership with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) promoting public awareness on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and 911 emergency hotline among Filipinos.
Dr. Don Robespierre Reyes, chairman of the PHA Council on CPR, underscored the need for a timely response and inter-agency coordination to save lives during cardiac emergencies.
“An immediate CPR is a bridge to life for cardiac arrest victims to increase survival by 30 percent,” he said during PHA’s Usapang Puso sa Puso Media Conference in Quezon City.
For his part, Emergency 911 National Office executive director Francis Fajardo said he would suggest to the 911 Commission to include PHA and integrate CPR in its 911 operations.
