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CPR training kiosks arrive at Indianapolis airport

At the kiosk unveiling, a student told about how he saved someone's life after learning CPR from another American Heart Association kiosk.

March 14, 2016

Recently, the American Heart Association rolled out its CPR training kiosk at the Indianapolis International Airport. At the unveiling of the kiosk, University of Dayton (Ohio) student Matt Lickenbrock shared his story of how he saved someone after learning CPR from a kiosk, according to a press release.

Lickenbrock saved the life of student Sean Ferguson after he was struck by lightning and was not breathing. "I remember kneeling in the rain, doing compressions, wondering if this would make a difference," Lickenbrock said on the television program The Doctors. "I felt comfortable. It felt just like it did on the kiosk. I knew what I was doing because it was what I was trained to do."

The kiosk is designed to give users a lesson on how to perform CPR, then allows users to practice on a mannequin. The kiosk provides feedback on the user's rate of compressions and hand placement, according to the press release.

"Bystander CPR performed immediately after cardiac arrest can double or triple a person's chance of surviving cardiac arrest, and making these kiosks available is another way we can help improve cardiac arrest survival rates," said Craig Samitt, MD, executive vice president and chief clinical officer at Anthem Inc. "Airports are some of the busiest public places, and we can't think of a better place to maximize the number of people who are exposed to the kiosks as part of our hands-only CPR educational campaign with the American Heart Association. By making it more accessible, we believe the kiosks will inspire more Americans to learn hands-only CPR and be better prepared to help save the life of a loved one, or even a stranger in the event of a cardiac arrest."