SC Bern has life savers trained
Over 100 FC Bern volunteers were trained as lay rescuers for cardiac emergencies.
Around 8000 people suffer a cardiovascular arrest in Switzerland every year. Nine out of ten people still die outside hospital because too few lay people are able to provide rapid and correct assistance. Immediate help with chest compressions, on the other hand, can save lives.
In order to be prepared for such cases, SCB Eishockey AG had over 100 of its volunteers trained in lifesaving on August 4 and 5, 2015. These training courses are the final part of the Swiss Heart Foundation The campaign was initiated in 2014 in collaboration with the Hirslanden Klinik Beau-Site and the SCB.
The campaign also included a commercial for the Swiss Heart Foundation:
The spot was shown to an average of 16,300 ice hockey fans in the stadium at SCB's home games. At two of the games, a demonstration was also held on the ice and small emergency cards with life-saving information were distributed to the spectators.
"In the event of a cardiac arrest, a race against time begins, every minute, even every second counts. It is therefore crucial that, in addition to the paramedics, as many laypeople as possible are able to take immediate life-saving measures on site," explains Therese Junker, Managing Director of the Swiss Heart Foundation. The likelihood of cardiovascular emergencies is particularly high at major events such as sporting events, which are attended by people of different ages and involve a lot of emotion.
In the event of cardiac arrest, the heart suddenly stops functioning and the body is no longer supplied with oxygen. The victim quickly falls unconscious and stops breathing. If resuscitation measures are not carried out within a few minutes in such a situation, the victim dies - hence the term "sudden cardiac death". The most common cause of cardiac arrest is ventricular fibrillation, a cardiac arrhythmia that is usually triggered by a heart attack.
