Castle Medical Center has classes available for CPR and is providing opportunities to get certified.
"Over 300,000 a year are losing their lives out there outside of a hospital setting. So, people get trained, more people survive, it's a greater, happier world," said Ed Pestana, a CPR specialist at Castle.
"The trend now is to put AED's in all public places. The advantage of this - it talks to you, it gets you the beat, it walks you through it so it makes it less stressful," he said.
Most public venues also have automated external defibrillators in place, which are used to help regulate the heart beat.
"It happens most likely in a home setting. The people that you're saving is going to be your family, your friends, your spouse, your parents. What person would you like to save more so than that family member?"
There are also apps that can be downloaded that teach the basics for CPR.
"They have applications for your phone or on your computer that you can watch. It gives you the bare basics of hands-only CPR, rendering aid to a person when they need it and doing it right away."
Here is a quick rundown on CPR.
"Mid-sternum, just below that, two hands, one over the other, directly above the patient and you're going to be doing compressions. The rate is a hundred beats a minute; one, two, three, four."
CPR for an infant is slightly different. It requires just two fingers on the sternum, but the beat is the same.
"And you're going to go an inch and a half deep, one, two, three, four."
"The thing to remember in any emergency, whether it's an adult or infant is to stay calm. Stay calm, keep your head, the person that you're working on has a greater chance if you keep your head."
