FREE Hands-Only CPR/AED Training

Franklin Rotary and the Franklin-Treadwell Community Conversation are hosting a FREE Hands-Only CPR/AED Training – EVERYONE is welcome to attend!

When: Thursday, May 8, 2025

Time: 6pm – 7:30pm (or so)

Location: Open Doors Methodist Church, 475 Main St., Franklin, NY 13775

Cost: FREE

The training, provided by Kim Van Atta of Walton, a certified instructor for the American Safety and Health Institute and prior to that the American Red Cross, will teach participants to administer hands-only CPR and to use a portable AED.

Hands-only CPR uses chest compressions only, without rescue breaths. It is as effective as conventional CPR for cardiac arrest in the first few minutes and it’s also faster and easier to learn than traditional CPR. Hands-only CPR is also less exhausting and less intimidating for people who may be hesitant to provide mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Thank you to Kim for providing this course at no cost to participants! The course is free but if one wants a copy of the certificate the cost is $7.50.

Learning CPR is crucial because it empowers you to potentially save a life during a cardiac emergency, and it’s a skill that can be used to help anyone, anywhere, anytime, including loved ones. If you learned CPR prior to 2008, this class will teach you the updated recommended methods. This class is best suited to ages 15+.

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