Small kiosks are popping up in airports all over the country, and they’re already saving lives!

These kiosks are teaching people hands-only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in just five minutes. Research by the American Heart Association has revealed that people who take the five minute course in the kiosks are just as good at CPR by the end of it as those who attended a 30-minute, facilitator-led training session.

Every year, over 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of the hospital, and an astounding 90 percent of these people die. That’s why the Association decided to roll out the kiosk program in 2016, placing them in airports all over the U.S. Given how successful the program has been so far, they hope to install more kiosks in the future.

“Less than half of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest victims receive CPR from a bystander, which is a grim statistic that we need to improve,” explained John Meiners, the Association’s Chief of Mission Aligned Businesses and Healthcare Solutions. “The study provides insights on hands-only CPR education methods that deepen our understanding of how people can continue to be trained more efficiently and effectively, so they’ll feel empowered and confident to take action.”

Lana M. Gent, Director of Product and Research Innovation at the Association, explained that CPR is a psychomotor skill, which means that a person will get better at it the more that they practice. She said that the kiosk program has been shown to be extremely effective in teaching people this skill.

“We have heard stories from people who have saved a person’s life after learning hands-only CPR at a kiosk, as well as stories from healthcare providers who use a kiosk to refresh their skills between flights at an airport,” Gent said. “Based on the findings from this study, we hope to have more kiosks placed in high-traffic locations.”

Find out how this kiosk program saved someone’s life in the video below!