of Americans may feel helpless to act during cardiac emergency because they do not know how to administer CPR
Effective bystander CPR provided immediately can double or triple a victim’s chance of survival
Choking is the 4th leading cause of unintentional death in children under the age of 5
In the U.S., at least 1 child dies from choking on food every 5 days
Choking injuries & deaths are preventable!
The most common cause of non fatal choking is food
Children under the age of 5 are at greatest risk for choking injury
Meet the team
The information provided on this website has been carefully researched and compiled by the above Pharmacist Interns of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Pictured above left to right: DyAnna Orue-Gutierrez, Tony Tran, Christopher Tran, Monique Enih, and Alex Ho.