EmergyCare to Host Free CPR Training
On Saturday, June 30, 2012 EmergyCare will host a free Friends & Family CPR training event on the lawn of the Erie Zoo. In about 25 minutes participants will learn the basics of hands-only CPR as well as the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED). Participants will also receive a take home kit that includes a personal training manikin and training DVD to practice and share their skills.
Erie, PA, June 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- In honor of June being recognized as national CPR Awareness month, EmergyCare is hosting a Friends & Family CPR day on Saturday, June 30 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the front lawn of the Erie Zoo. Training is free with your admission to the Erie Zoo.
The training follows the American Heart Association’s Friends & Family training guidelines that teach people how to perform hands-only CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). AED use can improve the chances of survival up to 80 percent in the event of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Hands-only CPR is proven to be an effective intervention to keep blood flowing to the heart and brain until emergency personnel arrive.
Individuals and families are encouraged to take advantage of this valuable training that could save the life of a friend, family member or perfect stranger. Each training session lasts approximately 25 minutes and you can sign up upon arrival at the Erie Zoo.
Each household that completes the training will receive an American Heart Association Friends & Family CPR Anytime kit to take home with them (a $34.95 value). The kit includes a mini personal manikin, dvd and skills reminder card so participants can brush up on their skills periodically and share the skills with others.
Did you know:
88% of cardiac arrests happen at home? A family member administering hands-only CPR until emergency personnel arrive can double the chance of survival.
70% of Americans feel helpless to act during a cardiac arrest because they don’t know CPR or are afraid of hurting the victim.
89% of those who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest don’t survive because they did not receive immediate CPR from someone on the scene.
Support for this community health initiative is provided by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Erie Times News/GoErie.com.
For more information, please visit www.EmergyCare.org/cprtraining or call 814-870-1066.
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, 70 vehicles and 11 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 our 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.
The training follows the American Heart Association’s Friends & Family training guidelines that teach people how to perform hands-only CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). AED use can improve the chances of survival up to 80 percent in the event of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Hands-only CPR is proven to be an effective intervention to keep blood flowing to the heart and brain until emergency personnel arrive.
Individuals and families are encouraged to take advantage of this valuable training that could save the life of a friend, family member or perfect stranger. Each training session lasts approximately 25 minutes and you can sign up upon arrival at the Erie Zoo.
Each household that completes the training will receive an American Heart Association Friends & Family CPR Anytime kit to take home with them (a $34.95 value). The kit includes a mini personal manikin, dvd and skills reminder card so participants can brush up on their skills periodically and share the skills with others.
Did you know:
88% of cardiac arrests happen at home? A family member administering hands-only CPR until emergency personnel arrive can double the chance of survival.
70% of Americans feel helpless to act during a cardiac arrest because they don’t know CPR or are afraid of hurting the victim.
89% of those who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest don’t survive because they did not receive immediate CPR from someone on the scene.
Support for this community health initiative is provided by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and the Erie Times News/GoErie.com.
For more information, please visit www.EmergyCare.org/cprtraining or call 814-870-1066.
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, 70 vehicles and 11 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 our 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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Jennifer Farrar
814-870-1066
www.emergycare.org
Jennifer Farrar
814-870-1066
www.emergycare.org
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