Blueprint team now certified to offer American Heart Association courses
Gifford Medical Center’s Blueprint Community Health Team is launching the first in what will be ongoing CPR courses. The first class – a non-certification course – called Family and Friends CPR will be held Aug. 8 from 6-8 p.m. in the Randolph hospital’s Conference Center.
The course will cover CPR for infants, children and adults and is designed to provide anyone with the basic skills needed to keep someone alive in the event that his or her breathing or heartbeat has stopped.
“Knowledge is a very important part of being a concerned citizen,” says Keith Marino, a member of Gifford’s Blueprint team, a certified American Heart Association CPR instructor and an emergency medical technician. “If you come upon someone having a heart attack or with a blocked airway, knowing CPR will assist you in saving that person’s life.”
All are welcome to the course. There is a $5 fee to attend. Recipients will receive an instructional booklet to take home.
Attendance is limited to 12. Register by calling (802) 728-7100, ext. 6, by Aug. 1. Zach Bean and LaRae Francis, both of the Blueprint team and certified American Heart Association CPR instructors, will lead the course.
