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Patch Clip: Sleepy Hollow EMTs Demo CPR
Sign up now for an April life-saving seminar with the Sleepy Hollow Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
There are still four slots open at April's CPR seminar, said Sleepy Hollow Volunteer Corps volunteer Ryan Murray.
The course goes from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 6 at the Sleepy Hollow Galgano Center, 55 Elm Street. The cost of $20 covers the cost of a text book and a certification card.
The course teaches CPR for basic life support, and anyone 16 years of age and up in need of a refresher or just starting out is welcome to sign up. Email sleepyhollowvac29@gmail.com.
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For those who learned CPR years ago, the technique is always changing. Now it's 30 compression counts, with two rescue breaths. A child/infant should have two rescue workers doing 15 compressions and two breaths.
Watch the video here of EMT volunteers teaching residents at this weekend's community fair.
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