02 · The Solution

One hour,
one session.

The fix isn't expensive, futuristic, or complicated. It's introducing Basic Life Support in every office, school, college, housing society and community hall — a single hands-on session that turns ordinary people into the first link in the chain of survival. Here's the chain, and the proof.

Interactive · Click each step

The Chain of Survival.

Your job Professionals only
Step 01 · Your job as a trained bystander

Recognise & Call

Spot the cardiac arrest. Shake, shout, then call 102 — the national ambulance service/helpline number. Every second matters.

◊ Only steps 01 & 02 are on you. The rest are for paramedics and doctors.

Hands performing CPR on a training mannequin

The Evidence

0% → 93%

In a rural school study, none of the participants knew what Basic Life Support was. After one training session, over 93% understood CPR. TRAINING WORKS! [15]

Learn it in person

Sessions with Ananya.

Ananya Kakkar, the founder of Start a Heart, is a trained CPR and Basic Life Support champion. She hosts live, hands-on sessions in schools, residential communities, office buildings and companies — teaching everyone how to act in the first 3 minutes of a cardiac arrest.

Sessions are interactive, no medical background needed, completely free for everyone, and built around real Indian scenarios — from the kitchen floor to the school corridor.

Want to learn it from her? Drop a message.

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Who she trains

  • Schools
  • Housing societies
  • Offices & companies
  • Community groups

The Case for Schools

Put it in the curriculum.

01

The AIIMS Proof

AIIMS trained over 4,500 students from grades 6–12 across 15 schools — proving students can competently perform CPR. Experts called for CPR to be a fundamental school competency. [16]

02

The Lok Sabha Bill

In 2022, a Member of Parliament proposed a bill requiring CPR training in Indian schools — still the fastest path to a heart-safe India. [17]

03

Lifetime Lifesavers

CBSE's school resuscitation programme turns students into lifesavers for the next 9–10 decades. Train one student today; save lives for a century. [18]

04

The Closing Cost

India targets 30% population trained in CPR. We sit below 2%. Every year of delay costs lives that one classroom hour could save. [19]

The Power of CPR

CPR can triple survival.

Patients whose arrests were witnessed by a bystander were over three times more likely to survive — 16% vs 4.5%. [20]

The AHA estimates 100,000–200,000 lives could be saved each year if CPR were performed early enough. [21]

With CPR
0%

Survived to discharge

Without CPR
0.0%

Survived to discharge

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