AUSTIN, TX, April 22, 2026 - City Limits Subaru and Toyota of Cedar Park are making Austin a community of lifesavers by working with the American Heart Association to educate their team on Hands-Only CPR. Using springtime momentum through American Heart Month (February), this initiative will ensure that the 85 employees of Toyota of Cedar Park and 37 employees of City Limits Subaru will be able to perform Hands-Only CPR if a customer or staff member has a cardiac arrest.
"At City Limits Subaru and Toyota of Cedar Park, we believe being part of this community means showing up in ways that truly matter," said Rachelle Grossman, marketing & community relations director, Toyota of Cedar Park. "As automotive dealerships, safety is part of our everyday conversation.
Partnering with the American Heart Association to offer Hands-Only CPR and defibrillator trainings to our team is a natural extension of that commitment. It's vital that our employees are able to respond in an emergency.
City Limits Subaru and Toyota of Cedar Park partnered with the American Heart Association (AHA) to provide Hands-Only CPR education to their employees.
The effort targets dealership staff in Austin, Texas, with the stated aim of increasing readiness to respond to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest events occurring on-site or in the community.
The release cites the persistent public health burden of cardiac arrest and frames bystander response as a modifiable factor.
It states that cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of death globally and reports an estimate for the United States indicating more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, with a high fatality rate in the absence of prompt intervention.
The release further notes that immediate CPR can substantially increase chances of survival but that bystander CPR is performed in only a minority of cases, reportedly about 40%, frequently because potential rescuers feel unprepared.
The collaboration is presented as aligning with the AHA’s Nation of Lifesavers initiative, which seeks to convert bystanders into individuals prepared to perform CPR.
The public-facing message emphasizes empowerment and readiness: brief, accessible training (including a 90-second online option referenced on the AHA website) and hands-on sessions aim to increase confidence among nonmedical staff to act during cardiac emergencies.
Dealership leadership framed the effort as consistent with workplace safety values and as motivated in part by prior staff experiences with on-the-job heart emergencies.
The AHA is described as leading global efforts in public awareness, education, and policy change related to CPR and emergency cardiovascular care.
The organization is identified as the scientific authority behind the official CPR and emergency cardiovascular care guidelines used within the U.S.
and in more than 90 countries.
The statement also includes organizational background highlighting a century-long presence, volunteer support, research funding, advocacy, and provision of public resources.
The source is a news release and presents program intentions, participant counts, and contextual statistics but does not supply empirical evaluation data or implementation metrics.
Claims about potential impacts are framed aspirationally; the release does not provide evidence of effect from this specific program.
Where national statistics are cited, the release does not reference original data sources or time frames within the text.
This partnership illustrates a private-sector approach to expanding basic life-support training among nonclinical personnel in community settings.
The release suggests that employer-led trainings, coupled with AHA resources, are a strategy to increase the number of people prepared to perform CPR during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
The source directs readers to the AHA Nation of Lifesavers web resource for brief instructional material and additional participation opportunities.