(Contra Costa County)– If a person crumpled to the ground near you, would you know what to do?
On May 20, in observation of National Emergency Medical Services Week, American Medical Response (AMR) operations across the country will train thousands of people to save lives through compression only CPR.
Compression-only CPR is easy to learn and has the ability to keep a cardiac arrest victim alive
until paramedics arrive.
While our paramedics often get to an emergency quickly, during cardiac arrest immediate action can make the difference. Compression-onlyCPR can help save lives and is easy to perform. We hope that schools, businesses and other groups will take this opportunity to get trained in compression-only CPR at no cost, making our community an even safer place to live. The compression only technique only takes five minutes to learn.
Hands-Only CPR training will be held on May 20th from 12:00pm-4:30pm at the following locations:
- Hiltop Mall 2200 Hiltop Mall Road, Richmond, CA 94806 ( near Jcpenny and Walmart)
- Downtown Pleasant Hill Shopping Center 40 Crescent Drive Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 (near Sweet Tomatoes)
- Lumpy’s Diner 5891 Lone Tree Way, Antioch, CA (Grab a 911 burger)
To find out more about compression-only CPR or the event, please visit www.amr.net/CPR or call Alicia
Moore at (888) 267-6591 x6
American Medical Response Inc. (www.amr.net), America’s leading provider of medical transportation, provides services in 40 states and the District of Columbia. More than 18,000 AMR paramedics, EMTs,RNs and other professionals work together to transport more than 3 million patients nationwide each year. AMR’s Contra Costa County division employs over 350 professionals and transports over 60,000 patients annually. The company is a subsidiary of Envision Healthcare Corporation, which is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colo.
