01 · The Problem

Your heart stops.
Nobody moves.

Cardiac arrest is the most lethal everyday emergency. Yet in India, almost no one is trained to respond. Here's the data.

Global Scale

Bigger than
cancer.
Combined.

Globally, cardiac arrest claims more lives than colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, influenza, pneumonia, auto accidents, HIV, firearms and house fires combined. [3]

[01] India Annual
0K

Estimated sudden cardiac deaths per year in India [4]

[02] US Annual
0K

Out-of-hospital arrests in the US alone [5]

[03] Survival
0%

Worldwide OHCA survival — stagnant for 20 years [6]

[04] Home Trap
0%

Arrests that happen at home. Your family is the FIRST responder. [7]

02 · India Specifically

The India Gap.

India's bystander CPR rate sits at 1.3% — against an international target of 62%. We are decades behind countries that took this seriously. [8]

Denmark80.6% BYSTANDER CPR
Sweden51.1% BYSTANDER CPR
Stockholm48% BYSTANDER CPR
United States41.7% BYSTANDER CPR
India1.3% BYSTANDER CPR

Less than 2% of Indians are trained in CPR vs ~18% in Western countries.

0%

of urban Indian youth couldn't identify the correct chain of survival. [11]

0.0%

of rural adults in Bangalore had never even heard of CPR. [12]

1 IN 5

cardiac arrests in India strike people under 40. A youth crisis. [13]

03 · The Clock

Every minute counts. Literally.

Interactive · Drag or play

Every minute, a life slips away.

Minute 0.0· No bystander CPR
0 min5 min10 min
100%

Chance of survival

Source: AHA — survival drops 7–10% per minute without CPR.

04 · The Will Is There

Indians want to learn.
Nobody is teaching them.

0%

of Indian youth are willing to help an unconscious stranger. [14]

0%

believe CPR should be taught to the general population. [14]

0%

support mandatory CPR training in schools and colleges. [14]

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