Learn CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)

We’ve teamed up with local sports teams, universities, and Miss District of Columbia 2023 to help you learn CPR and how to use an AED in five minutes or less!

Click here to watch our most recent video in American Sign Language (ASL) with
Miss DC Jude Maboné and Gallaudet University.

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Jennifer Thompson, MD, an emergency physician for MedStar Health appears with retired Washington Capitals player Alan May.

A study published in January 2022 showed women, Black and Hispanic adults are less likely to receive CPR from a bystander. Our emergency and critical care physicians have partnered with athletes from local teams to take you step-by-step through this life saving process. We hope more people in our communities will feel empowered to save lives after watching these videos. And as they say in the videos, “it’s super easy” and that “anyone can do it!”

Updated CPR guidelines make it easier to do CPR:

No need for mouth-to-mouth.
No certification needed.
Only chest compressions are required and should be fast and two inches deep.
Good Samaritan laws in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia protect bystanders who try to help someone in distress.

View our CPR/AED “how-to” videos

Learn CPR/AED in ASL with Miss DC and Gallaudet University
Learn CPR with the Capitals
Learn CPR with Georgetown Women’s Soccer
Learn CPR with the Mystics
Learn CPR with the Wizards

Photos from behind the scenes

Left: L-R: Emergency and sports medicine physician Korin Hudson, MD and Miss DC Jude Maboné team up with Gallaudet University’s Tom McKnight, athletic trainer, Tra’Shauna Tate, student, and Sarah Doleac, assistant professor of Physical Education & Recreation, to shoot CPR/AED video in ASL. Right: Miss District of Columbia 2023 Jude Maboné at Gallaudet University
Interpreter Jerrin George, Miss DC Jude Maboné, and Korin Hudson, MD demonstrate CPR/AED with Gallaudet University students and staff.
Jennifer Thompson, MD, an emergency physician for MedStar Health appears with retired Washington Capitals player Alan May.
Julia Leas, an Athletic and Academic All-American with Georgetown Women’s Soccer partners with Critical Care Physician David Gordon, MD
Julia Leas, an Athletic and Academic All-American with Georgetown Women’s Soccer partners with Critical Care Physician David Gordon, MD
Miriam Fischer, MD, an emergency physician for MedStar Health appears in one of the videos with Harvey Grant, formerly from the Washington Bullets/Wizards.
Alex Koo, MD, an emergency physician with MedStar Health teams up for a video with Kala Flagg, DPT, ATC, CSCS, head of rehabilitation for the Washington Mystics.
Alex Koo, MD, an emergency physician with MedStar Health teams up for a video with Kala Flagg, DPT, ATC, CSCS, head of rehabilitation for the Washington Mystics.