News and Events: CPR / AED Training

CPR / AED Training for CERT members (3 hours):

Sat, Feb 09, 2013, 9:00a
Sat, Feb 23, 2013, 9:00a
Sat, Mar 23, 2013, 9:00a
Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 9:00a
Sat, Apr 13, 2013, 9:00a
Sat, May 04, 2013, 9:00a

About 92 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims die before reaching the hospital, but statistics prove that if more people knew CPR, more lives could be saved. Immediate CPR can double, or even triple, a victim's chance of survival.

Anyone can learn CPR – and everyone should! Sadly, 70 percent of Americans may feel helpless to act during a cardiac emergency because they either do not know how to administer CPR or their training has significantly lapsed. This alarming statistic could hit close to home, because home is exactly where 88 percent of cardiac arrests occur. Put very simply: The life you save with CPR is mostly likely to be someone you love.

What is an Automated External Defibrillator?

An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a lightweight, portable device that delivers an electric shock through the chest to the heart. The shock can stop an irregular rhythm and allow a normal rhythm to resume in a heart in sudden cardiac arrest. Sudden cardiac arrest is an abrupt loss of heart function. If it's not treated within minutes, it quickly leads to death.

Most sudden cardiac arrests result from ventricular fibrillation. This is a rapid and unsynchronized heart rhythm starting in the heart's lower pumping chambers (the ventricles). The heart must be "defibrillated" quickly, because a victim's chance of surviving drops by 7 to 10 percent for every minute a normal heartbeat isn't restored.

• Dates:
  Sat, Feb 09, 2013, 9:00a
  Sat, Feb 23, 2013, 9:00a
  Sat, Mar 23, 2013, 9:00a
  Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 9:00a
  Sat, Apr 13, 2013, 9:00a
  Sat, May 04, 2013, 9:00a
  
  
• Time: 9:00a - 12:00p
• Place: Peachtree City Police Department
• Limit: 8 students per class
  
  
• Contact: Email with your primary and secondary class choices. Additional classes (including Sunday afternoons) may be added based on demand.
  
  
• Notes: Three additional CPR/AED classes will be scheduled in March and April for those attending the 10-week Spring 2013 Basic CERT class. If space is available within these dates, you will be notified via e-mail of these additional dates.