Free CPR Training @ SW Gov't Center

Folks, I have been thinking about obtaining CPR certification for a while, and I have put it off for too long. Now there is no excuse. Thanks to CM Hawkins and the Red Cross for putting this class together. I will be there. You should be too.

Two free classes are being offered:

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 from 5:30 PM to 9:00PM

Southwest Government Center
7219 Dixie Highway

Councilman Doug Hawkins is partnering with the American Red Cross to offer two CPR-Adult classes. After successful completion of the training, the American Red Cross will issue you a card certifying you in CPR for one year.

Seats are limited so you must register to attend the class.

The registration number is 561-3605

Please mention that you are interested in attending one of the classes being held
at the Southwest Government Center sponsored by Councilman Hawkins.

CPR-Adult Course Information:

Purpose
Train lay responders to overcome any reluctance to act in emergency situations and to recognize and care for life-threatening respiratory or cardiac emergencies in adults.

Prerequisites
None

Learning Objectives:
Describe how to recognize and respond to an emergency.
Describe the purpose of the Good Samaritan Laws.
Describe the difference between consent and implied consent.
Describe the three emergency action steps.
Identify when and how to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.
Explain when and how to move a person from a dangerous scene.
Identify how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
Demonstrate how to minimize the risk of disease transmission when giving care.
Demonstrate how to check an unconscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.
Demonstrate how to check a conscious person for life-threatening and nonlife-threatening conditions.
Identify the signals of shock and describe how to minimize its effects.
Recognize the signals of a breathing emergency.
Demonstrate how to care for a person who is choking.
Demonstrate how to recognize and care for a person who is not breathing.
Recognize the signals of a cardiac emergency.
Identify the links in the Cardiac Chain of Survival.
Describe how to care for a heart attack.
Demonstrate how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Identify prevention strategies to decrease the risk of breathing emergencies.
Explain what defibrillation is and how it works.
Explain the role of CPR in cardiac arrest.

Certification is good for one year.