Words that guide us

"Arise, awake, and do not stop until the goal is reached."

Strength, courage, and service can help every person move toward a better future.

Swami VivekanandaSpiritual Leader - Philosopher - Reformer

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Skills that create safer communities

1,500+People certified

150Institutions reached

750Rural communities

10+Years of experience

Who we are

Turning knowledge into confident action

“To preserve human life by making high-quality resuscitation training available to all.”

Turning Point Foundation is a registered non-profit established in 2016 to make life-saving training, education, and livelihood opportunities accessible to all.

Our Golden Hour Care & Emergency Response Management initiative strengthens community response during the critical first hour after an accident or medical emergency.

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The global challenge

The numbers are urgent. The response can be learned.

Reported annual figures are shown with approximate monthly and daily equivalents. Calculated values are rounded and should be read as scale indicators, not separate surveillance estimates.

5M / year

Epilepsy

approx.416,700 diagnoses per month
approx.13,700 diagnoses per day
Around 50 million people live with epilepsy

19.8M / year

Heart attack

approx.1.65 million deaths per month
approx.54,200 deaths per day
85% are due to heart attack and stroke
Immediate CPR can double or triple survival odds after cardiac arrest

5.4M / year

Snakebite

approx. 450,000 bites per month
approx. 14,800 bites per day
1.8-2.7 million envenomings annually

11.9M / year

Stroke

approx.992,000 new cases per month
approx.32,600 new cases per day
1 in 4 adults may experience a stroke in their lifetime

approx.300K / year

Drowning

approx.25,000 deaths per month
approx.820 deaths per day
approx.34 deaths every hour

1.16M / year

Road crashes

approx. 96,700 deaths per month
approx. 3,180 deaths per day
20-50 million people sustain non-fatal injuries annually

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Choking

A time-critical emergency at every age
Older adults and young children are particularly vulnerable
No reliable WHO global incidence rate is available

1.2B users

Tobacco

More than 7 million deaths annually
approx.583,000 deaths per month
approx.19,200 deaths per day
Over 1.6 million deaths result from second-hand smoke

2.6M deaths

Alcohol

Global deaths attributable to alcohol in 2019
approx.217,000 deaths per month
approx.7,100 deaths per day
400 million adults live with alcohol-use disorders

180K / year

Burns

approx.15,000 deaths per month
approx.490 deaths per day
Most deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries

Tens of millions

Dog bites

Global injuries every year; no precise global estimate exists
Around 4.5 million bites annually is a US-only estimate
Prompt wound care and rabies assessment are essential

Sources: World Health Organization fact sheets for epilepsy, cardiovascular diseases, snakebite, stroke, drowning, road traffic injuries, tobacco, alcohol, burns and animal bites; American Heart Association CPR facts. Monthly, daily and hourly values are arithmetic conversions of the cited annual totals.

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