Sure, you could spend your time in an airport people-watching or playing on your phone — but if you’re at Chicago’s Midway airport, you could do something productive on your layover and learn CPR!
Midway is one of several airports, convention centers, malls, and museums that has a Hands-Only CPR machine. The kiosk includes video tutorials and a dummy on which to practice, teaching people the fundamentals of hands-only CPR in only 5 minutes.
Kudos to the American Heart Association for making this life-saving skill so accessible. The technique has been modified to a hands-only format, eliminating the hesitation of giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a stranger. They have put kiosks in populated places, allowing people to learn the skill without having to sign up for a class. The kiosks provide training without charge.
Follow the lead of the Heart Association and keep working to remove barriers one at a time. And if you come across one of the kiosks, take a few moments to learn CPR. It really could be a matter of life and death.
Thanks, Meg!
