World Restart a Heart Day
Every year on October 16, ordinary people practice one extraordinary skill: saving a life with their own two hands. Cardiac arrest can strike anyone, anywhere, and the minutes before help arrives belong to the bystanders. This day teaches us to be ready.
- Roots
- European Resuscitation Council; first European day in 2013, first global day in 2018
- Also on Oct 16
- World Anesthesia Day · World Spine Day · Department Store Day
- Hashtag
- #WorldRestartAHeartDay
3 ways to celebrate
Learn hands-only CPR
Watch a short hands-only CPR video together as a family, find your nearest defibrillator, and make sure everyone knows where it is.
Take a class together
Sign up for a CPR certification class with friends, or compete to see who can teach the technique to the most people.
Bring CPR to your community
Ask your school or office to install an AED, host a CPR training session, or push for CPR in the school curriculum.
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