Monthly CPR Classes Offered by EmergyCare
On the third Thursday of each month during 2011, EmergyCare will offer a CPR class. Each CPR class provides four hours of instruction on recognizing the signs of four major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest and foreign body airway obstruction (choking).
Erie, PA, January 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- EmergyCare announces its 2011 schedule of CPR classes. CPR classes will be held at EmergyCare headquarters at 18th and Sassafras Streets the third Thursday of each month starting January 20. The classes are held from 6-10 p.m. The cost of the class is $40 or $50 with a book.
The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) class provides four hours of instruction on recognizing the signs of four major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest and foreign body airway obstruction (choking). The class also teaches the basics of adult CPR and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), which are becoming increasingly common in public places. Child and infant emergencies will also be covered. Education Coordinator Jim Kifer suggests "the CPR class is a great way for the average person to arm themselves with basic life-saving techniques that could save the life of a family member or a perfect stranger some day.”
The CPR class is intended for all interest and skill levels: medical/dental office workers, school and daycare workers, nursing home staff, volunteer fire departments and caring citizens who want to have the skills to help when a medical emergency strikes.
For more details and registration information on the CPR classes, please visit EmergyCare’s website at www.emergycare.org or contact the Education Office at 814-870-1940.
The EmergyCare Training Institute has been accredited by the PA Department of Health since 1985. Last year it provided training to 3,296 students in a variety of classes including EMT, Paramedic, CPR, Pediatric First Aid, Heartsaver First Aid, PALS, ACLS, and more.
About EmergyCare
EmergyCare is the largest nonprofit ambulance service in Pennsylvania providing comprehensive pre-hospital and medical transportation services for the half-million residents in its seven county service area. In addition to emergency ambulance response, services include non-emergency wheelchair and medical taxi transport, community ambulance stand-bys and emergency air medical services with LifeStar helicopter.
In order to fulfill the mission to provide life saving pre-hospital care and connect people and communities to the healthcare system, EmergyCare maintains a complement of over 300 employees, 68 vehicles and 10 stations to cover the 5,622 square miles of response area and the nearly 95,000 requests for service received last year.
EmergyCare maintains a robust education and community outreach program through their EmergyCare Training Institute, participation in health and wellness fairs, on-site stand-by service for hundreds of community activities, festivals and sporting events each year and a complement of school presentations with Andy the Ambulance.
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The Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) class provides four hours of instruction on recognizing the signs of four major emergencies: heart attack, stroke, cardiac arrest and foreign body airway obstruction (choking). The class also teaches the basics of adult CPR and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), which are becoming increasingly common in public places. Child and infant emergencies will also be covered. Education Coordinator Jim Kifer suggests "the CPR class is a great way for the average person to arm themselves with basic life-saving techniques that could save the life of a family member or a perfect stranger some day.”
The CPR class is intended for all interest and skill levels: medical/dental office workers, school and daycare workers, nursing home staff, volunteer fire departments and caring citizens who want to have the skills to help when a medical emergency strikes.
For more details and registration information on the CPR classes, please visit EmergyCare’s website at www.emergycare.org or contact the Education Office at 814-870-1940.
The EmergyCare Training Institute has been accredited by the PA Department of Health since 1985. Last year it provided training to 3,296 students in a variety of classes including EMT, Paramedic, CPR, Pediatric First Aid, Heartsaver First Aid, PALS, ACLS, and more.
About EmergyCare
EmergyCare is the largest nonprofit ambulance service in Pennsylvania providing comprehensive pre-hospital and medical transportation services for the half-million residents in its seven county service area. In addition to emergency ambulance response, services include non-emergency wheelchair and medical taxi transport, community ambulance stand-bys and emergency air medical services with LifeStar helicopter.
In order to fulfill the mission to provide life saving pre-hospital care and connect people and communities to the healthcare system, EmergyCare maintains a complement of over 300 employees, 68 vehicles and 10 stations to cover the 5,622 square miles of response area and the nearly 95,000 requests for service received last year.
EmergyCare maintains a robust education and community outreach program through their EmergyCare Training Institute, participation in health and wellness fairs, on-site stand-by service for hundreds of community activities, festivals and sporting events each year and a complement of school presentations with Andy the Ambulance.
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814-870-1066
www.emergycare.org
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