Overview
- Thousands joined synchronized CPR drills led from Gijón, with about 8,500 participants across Spain and Colombia practicing two‑minute cycles to songs such as Stayin’ Alive and La Macarena despite falling short of a 13,000‑person record.
- Vilagarcía turned its municipal auditorium into a training classroom as more than 400 primary school pupils learned CPR basics and the recovery position during European Cardiac Arrest Day activities.
- Hospital de Cruces ran hands‑on sessions in Barakaldo, where clinicians cautioned that resuscitation odds drop roughly 10% for every minute without compressions and noted bystander CPR starts in fewer than 40% of Euskadi cases.
- Medical groups restated the AHA/ERC sequence—check responsiveness and breathing, call emergency services, begin compressions, apply an AED—and urged wider device access as reports cite recovery rates rising with immediate CPR plus early defibrillation and only about 10% receiving bystander CPR in Argentina.
- A viral Villa Crespo video showed musician Leo Blumberg freeing a dog caught in an elevator and reviving it with CPR‑style maneuvers, underscoring the value of simple, widely taught techniques.