Project Heart Start (PHS) is dedicated to training all able individuals to perform compression-only CPR (COCPR) and to encourage and facilitate the placement and utilization of automated external defibrillators (AED). Read more. A Project Heart Start training session lasts only about 40 minutes and is divided into watching a 12 minute video produced by KOAT and Dr. Barry Ramo, followed by a 15 minute skill session led by a trainer and a short demonstration of an AED ( Automated External Defibrillator). The participant will learn to assess a victim of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, call 911 correctly perform chest compressions recognize the signs of a heart attack save someone who is choking by performing the Heimlich maneuver ( abdominal thrusts ) use an AED