More sessions in an ongoing series of community cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) classes are planned over the next several weeks at the old Orr's Island Schoolhouse.
The HeartSaver class designed to teach CPR and defibrillator use for adults, children and infants will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, March 23. This is the shorter version of a two-part course which will be offered in the spring that includes both CPR and first aid training. The program will lead to American Heart Association CPR certification.
The more basic Family and Friends CPR class, which provides practical hands-on training for people of any age who do not need official certification, will be offered on Monday, April 13, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The full HeartSaver program, which includes both CPR and first aid training, will be offered May 11 and May 18.
All the sessions will be held at the old Orr's Island Schoolhouse, located next to the Orr's and Bailey Islands Fire Department on Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24, Orr's Island.
Advance registration is required. To register, e-mail cpr@obifd.org or call Jim Whittaker at 207-833-3013.
The HeartSaver class designed to teach CPR and defibrillator use for adults, children and infants will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Monday, March 23. This is the shorter version of a two-part course which will be offered in the spring that includes both CPR and first aid training. The program will lead to American Heart Association CPR certification.
The more basic Family and Friends CPR class, which provides practical hands-on training for people of any age who do not need official certification, will be offered on Monday, April 13, from 6 to 8 p.m.
The full HeartSaver program, which includes both CPR and first aid training, will be offered May 11 and May 18.
All the sessions will be held at the old Orr's Island Schoolhouse, located next to the Orr's and Bailey Islands Fire Department on Harpswell Islands Road, Route 24, Orr's Island.
Advance registration is required. To register, e-mail cpr@obifd.org or call Jim Whittaker at 207-833-3013.
Optional contributions of $20 for the HeartSaver program and $5 for the Family and Friends class will be accepted to cover the cost of course materials.
The classes are part of an effort by the town's three volunteer fire and rescue departments to make Harpswell a Maine HeartSafe Community, which includes widespread training in CPR and broad availability of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) at public locations throughout the community. The goal is improve the “Chain of Survival” for people suffering from cardiac or breathing problems by providing help before emergency crews can arrive to render assistance.
More information of about the program is available by calling or e-mailing Whittaker.
Harpswell's three fire and rescue departments include Cundy's Harbor Volunteer Fire Department, which serves all of Great Island from the Brunswick line to Stevens Corner Road on Route 24; Harpswell Neck Fire and Rescue, which serves all areas off of Route 123, including Mountain Road west of the Ewing Narrows bridge; and the Orr's and Bailey Islands Fire Department, which serves Orr's, Bailey and part of Great Island south of Stevens Corner road and east of the Ewing Narrows bridge.