Date & Times of this year's event.
Saturday, February 5, 2011.
English language classes at 8, 9, & 10:00 a.m. Spanish Language class at 11:00 a.m.
No registration is required for this event. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the form below.
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Volunteer Shift: 7-10 a.m.
10-1 p.m.
All Day
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Advanced CPR/Medical Training: Yes   No  

High School Student: Yes   No  

Certified Spanish Translator: Yes   No  

Spanish speaker willing to translate: Yes   No  

   
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About CPR Blitz

Save a Life, The Great CPR Blitz is a community-sponsored program.

Chief CPR Instructor, Pete Orgill, is a Davis High School teacher and coach. He has taught over 30,000 individuals the basics of CPR over the past 25 years. He envisions not only this annual February event, but a systemic CPR outreach to all Yakima Valley High Schools.

Hands only CPR

You may have heard that the American Heart Association (AHA) has changed its recommendations for CPR in its 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.

Previously, the Association recommended that people use the A-B-Cs (Airway-Breathing-Compressions) method of CPR to revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest. However, they recently have come to believe that having rescuers first look, listen and feel for normal breathing causes significant delays in starting chest compressions. Changing the sequence so that rescuers begin chest compressions right away keeps oxygen-rich blood circulating through the body.

Join us to learn more about changes to this life saving procedure.

Automated External Defibrillator (AEDs)

During sudden cardiac arrest, the heart is often in a state of ventricular fibrillation (VF). In other words, the ventricles are "fluttering" rather than pumping blood. CPR can help circulate oxygen-rich blood to the brain. However, according to the American Heart Association (AHA), to get the heart back into rhythm requires a shock from a defibrillator.

An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a computerized medical device. An AED can check a person's heart rhythm. It can recognize a rhythm that requires a shock. And it can advise the rescuer when a shock is needed. The AED uses voice prompts, lights and text messages to tell the rescuer the steps to take.

AEDs are very accurate and easy to use. Join us and learn to operate an AED safely.