Take Heart Anoka County offers free CPR training May 14 in Fridley
FRIDLEY, Minn. 04/29/2009--The public is invited to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at a free event on Thursday, May 14 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Fridley High School on 6000 Moore Lake Drive West in Fridley, Minnesota.
All participants in the event will receive:
- CPR training from 4:15 to 5 p.m.
- a DVD about CPR, “Take Action, Save Lives"
- set of seven Heart Healthy/CPR posters
- handouts about implementing CPR and AED education in classrooms
In addition, Friends and Family CPR Anytime Kits will be available for $10 each. This fee is refundable after the kit is used to teach CPR to three other people.
Space is limited, so RSVP to Marilyn Lingard at 612-262-6061 or e-mail TakeHeartAnoka@allina.com.
The event is funded in part by a $30,000 HeartRescue Grant from the Medtronic Foundation.
About Take Heart Anoka County
Take Heart Anoka County is working to increase the number of people trained in CPR, place more automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the
community, and train people to use them.
Take Heart Anoka County is funded by grants from the Mercy & Unity Hospitals Foundation and administered by Allina Community Benefit and Allina Medical Transportation.
For more information, visit takeheartanoka.org.
Mercy and Unity hospitals and Allina Medical Transportation are part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics.
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Related Links
Allina Hospitals & Clinics: Community benefit and involvment
Mercy & Unity Hospitals Foundation
Allina Medical Transportation
Take Heart Anoka County
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