Video: CPR flash mob pumps up ‘Stayin’ Alive’
American Red Cross volunteers and firefighters from Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, performed CPR at the Fremont Street Experience as part of a flash mob to promote CPR Awareness Week.
June 6, 2014 - 3:08 pm
Las Vegas Firefighters, from left, Michael Olivas, David Lopez and Dan Wilder perform CPR on manikins in front of the Third Street stage at Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, June 6, 2014. In a flash mob experience, the firefighters and rescue personnel demonstrate how easy it is to learn CPR. (Jerry Henkel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Fire Captain Lionel Newby, center right, performs CPR on a manikin while surrounded by American Red Cross volunteers in front of the Third Street stage at Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, June 6, 2014. In a flash mob experience, the firefighters and rescue personnel demonstrate how easy it is to learn CPR. (Jerry Henkel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Firefighters, Dan Wilder, David Lopez and Michael Olivas, left to right backs to camera, perform CPR on manikins in front of the Third Street stage at Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, June 6, 2014. In a flash mob experience, the firefighters and rescue personnel demonstrate how easy it is to learn CPR. (Jerry Henkel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Firefighters Michael Olivas, David Lopez and Dan Wilder, left to right, perform CPR on manikins in front of the Third Street stage at Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, June 6, 2014. In a flash mob experience, the firefighters and rescue personnel demonstrate how easy it is to learn CPR. (Jerry Henkel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Fire Department Captain Lionel Newby performs CPR on a manikin front of the Third Street stage at Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, June 6, 2014. In a flash mob experience, the firefighters and rescue personnel demonstrate how easy it is to learn CPR. Marie Tasker of the American Red Cross is seen to the rear left of Newby. (Jerry Henkel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Las Vegas Fire Department Captain Lionel Newby performs CPR on a manikin front of the Third Street stage at Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, Friday, June 6, 2014. In a flash mob experience, the firefighters and rescue personnel demonstrate how easy it is to learn CPR. (Jerry Henkel/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
American Red Cross volunteers and firefighters from Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, demonstrated CPR at the Fremont Street Experience as part of a flash mob to promote CPR Awareness Week.
The event was in conjunction with the Emergency Cardiovascular Care Update 2014 Conference, which was at the Paris Las Vegas.
The groups had several mannequins with them. Their goal was to teach a number of people CPR quickly and then disperse.
