Local Fire Department Offers Free CPR Course

Residents in the surrounding area are invited to attend a free American Heart Association’s “Family & Friends” CPR course hosted by the Dix Hills Fire Department in September.

Certified instructors from the Dix Hills FD Rescue Squad and the AHA will teach the critical life-saving technique in a hands-on course.

Teachers, students, new parents, grandparents, babysitters and others interested in learning how to save a life can register on the Dix Hills Fire Department website.

Classes are offered several times during the year, and are limited in size.

The next class will be held Sept. 27 at 9:30 a.m.

The Family & Friends CPR Course teaches Hands-Only™ CPR, child CPR with breaths, adult and child AED use, infant CPR and relief of choking in an adult, child or infant.

Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment by using the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible.

For questions, email CommunityCPR@dixhillsfd.org.

Please note: Family & Friends CPR is for people who want to learn CPR, but do not require a certified CPR card. This program does not provide a certified AHA CPR course completion card. Upon completion each student receives a “Family & Friends” CPR participation card only.

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