CPR Training Coming to Ellicott City
A trainer from the fire department is teaching the art of hands-only CPR to residents around the county.
This Thursday, learn the proper, hands-only way to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation(CPR) at the Dancel Family Center Y. The training has already been held at the Elkridge library, where a handful of people turned out Monday night for the free training. The American Heart Association recommends hands-only CPR for use on teens and adults who have collapsed and become unresponsive. The AHA still recommends mouth-to-mouth CPR for infants and young children, but in 2008 the association said bystanders should administer hands-only CPR to teens and adults. Cardiac arrest is the most common cause of death in the United States, and using CPR can help keep people alive, according to the AHA. People can keep a distressed person's blood flowing …
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