Monday, January 7, 2013

CPR Class Helped Save Life In Ruston

Our fire department has begun their community CPR classes, free to Ruston residents. They are highlighting an incident from last fall, when a local couple took the class. The husband had a heart attack a few weeks later. His wife knew just what to do and was able to perform CPR until the fire department arrived. It's a two hour class well worth your time! Details below in the announcement from the fire department:
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Quarterly CPR Classes are underway.
ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IS ALIVE TODAY BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE TIME TO LEARN CPR. NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.
CPR classes on a quarterly basis.  There is no charge if you are a Ruston resident. The next class will be held on Saturday, January 19th from 1:00 – 3:00pm.  We ask that you please really consider taking one of our classes.  We recently proved that the American Heart Association Hands Only CPR and our instruction save lives.  It is unfortunate that one of our fellow residents had to use the skills we taught them a few months earlier.  Due to the training this person received she was able to save the life of a family member.  So please if you don’t do it for yourself, do it for your family members, friends and neighbors.  To reserve a seat please call Town Hall at (253)759-3544 or email rustonfire@rustonwa.org.

1 comment:

Beth said...

Yes...I'm a slacker! I have always trusted that if I had an emergency Don would take care of it ~ because that is what he does...but what if it was Don that needed me!?

Yes...I'm signed up for the next CPR class because I'm very fond and very much in love with him.

I also never want to need the skills taught in Rustons CPR class...yet I plan to be prepared if I am needed.

Sign up and join me and your neighbors to make the City of Ruston the most prepared City in the Guiness Book of Records per capita!