UA Sarver Heart Center and Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind develop a Chest-Compression-Only CPR video for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
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UA Sarver Heart Center and Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind develop a Chest-Compression-Only CPR video for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community
The UA Sarver Heart Center and ASDB collaborated in an effort to promote basic life-saving skills and materials for students at ASDB and the Deaf community in Arizona. The Deaf community has diverse health needs with more than 1.1 million deaf and hard of hearing individuals in the state of Arizona. Research shows that people who are deaf and use ASL may have limited access to health care and encounter language barriers which may be linked to lower health literacy. The video launched by these two local agencies attempts to address this issue by teaching vital skills and increasing health awareness.
Jason Gervase, ASL instructor at the UA College of Education and signer in the video, explains: "In emergencies, up-to-date information is important and saves lives. But, unfortunately, this information isn’t always accessible to the Deaf community. This CCO CPR video is a great step to providing access to the community and help save lives.”
Ryan Ducharme, Chief Agency Relations Officer at ASDB, says when discussing the UA-ASDB collaboration, "ASDB appreciates its partnership with UA Sarver Heart Center in creating this important, accessible CPR video for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in Arizona. Our goal is to use the video to teach students who are deaf/hard of hearing critical emergency health techniques that can help save lives.”
CCO CPR drastically improves a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival and access to information on CCO CPR is paramount. Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and utilizing these basic skills can save a life. Easy to learn and just three steps, CCO CPR training provides the community with life-saving skills.
The video was made possible by ASDB, which provided the resources and funding production. The school plans to use the video for its student population. UA College of Education ASL coaches were Jason Gervase and Cindy Volk. "This information is vitally important for the health and well-being of members of the Deaf community. Thank you for providing the information in ASL and with captioning,” said Volk, director of the Educational Interpreting Program in the UA College of Education.
The video can be viewed video on the UA Sarver Heart Center’s website at: https://heart.arizona.edu/heart-health/learn-cpr/learn-chest-compression-only-cpr-asl
About the University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center – Tucson
The University of Arizona Sarver Heart center emphasizes a highly collaborative research environment working toward a future free of heart disease and stroke. The academic mission of the Sarver Heart Center encompasses for fellowship programs in cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiology, advanced heart failure and transplant cardiology, and electrophysiology. The UA Sarver Heart Center has an ongoing commitment to community education that is focused on saving lives through chest-compression-only CPR training and preventing heart disease. The faculty members of UA Sarver Heart Center continue to lead nationally on issues of heart-disease risk reduction and advocating to eliminate health disparities while working to educate the people of Arizona. For more information, visit https://heart.arizona.edu/
About the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) was founded in 1912 – the year of Arizona statehood. ASDB provides education and support services to over 2,000 children who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or deafblind from birth to grade 12. ASDB operates two schools for the deaf, one school for the blind, a statewide birth-to-three early childhood and family education program, and five regional cooperatives which provide services to students attending local schools. ASDB is dedicated to empowering young children and students with the educational opportunities necessary to succeed in college, career, and life.