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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 10.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2013 Sep 10;6(5):10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.000097. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.000097

Table 5. Key Facilitators to Learning and Teaching CPR in High-Risk Neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio.

Major Themes Facilitators
Family / Self-Preservation

  1. Save a life of family member (especially children)

  2. Save one's own life by learning and teaching others

  3. Tie into basic first aid to assist in traumatic arrest situation
Combined CPR and First-Aid Training due to Violence in Community

  1. Cardiac arrest more likely to be traumatic than cardiac

  2. Build social capital and potentially lower violent crime in the community
Economic Incentives

  1. Material goods (gift cards, food)

  2. Certification card

  3. Job skill

  4. No fees to learn CPR

  5. Academic credit