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Registration for FREE CPR training May 2nd is still available
Demonstrations from public safety agencies available at Public Safety AcademyThe City of Fort Wayne is continuing to accept registrations for free hands-only CPR training as part of “Don’t Miss a Beat” at the Regional Public Safety Academy, 7602 Patriot Crossing, May 2.
Registration forms are included with City Utilities’ April bill. Online registration is available at www.3rcpr.org or call 427-1164 to sign up for the hour-long non-certified training class. On-site registrations will also be accepted May 2.
Offered five times that day, the class will train community members ages 12 and older how to give effective chest compressions – using manikins or special kits – to adults who have suffered a heart attack. Classes start at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.
This is the second time the City and Three Rivers Ambulance Authority, American Red Cross, Focus on Health, Fort Wayne-Allen County Department of Health, Parkview Health and Lutheran Health Network have offered this non-certified training. In October, more than 200 people learned how to use hands-only CPR.
In addition to the classes, public safety agencies from the area are scheduled to offer free demonstrations to the public throughout the day.
The Fort Wayne Police Department will have demonstrations of the T3 scooters and voice stress analysis equipment plus tours of the firing range and firearms and driving simulators. The Fort Wayne Fire Department is scheduled to have a fire engine at the Public Safety Academy with the opportunity to ask a firefighter questions and see what equipment is carried on the truck.
Fort Wayne’s 911 Communications will have the tactical communications truck on site. The mobile unit will be available for tours. Three Rivers Ambulance Authority will have an ambulance available for a tour and the St. Joseph Township Volunteer Fire Department Search and Rescue dogs will be on site.
“The Three Rivers CPR Task Force’s Don’t Miss a Beat program is vitally important to our community. Knowing hands-only CPR could save the life of a loved one or a complete stranger, yet it will only take an hour of your time on a Saturday,” Mayor Tom Henry said. “The demonstrations from our local public safety agencies are also a chance to meet your firefighters, police officers, paramedics and 911 dispatchers. This is a really informative day.”
Compression or hands-only CPR focuses on chest compressions only, no breaths, to keep blood moving in an adult victim whose heart has stopped beating. It has become increasingly popular in recent years as research has shown it to be effective in helping to save lives.
Anyone completing the training May 2 will receive a “Bring a Friend for Free” coupon for those paying for a CPR certification class through the American Red Cross of Northeast Indiana.
The buy one, get one free certificate, a $50 value, can be used for the Red Cross’s adult, child, infant CPR training class through December 31, 2009. The certificate does not have to be used by the person who attends the May training.
For more information about Don’t Miss a Beat CPR training, call (260) 427-1164 or e-mail.
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