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Heart association
Star-Bulletin Staff
will offer free infant/
child CPR classesFree infant and child cardiopulmonary resuscitation awareness classes will be offered to the public June 17 at Pearl City High School cafeteria.
The American Heart Association of Hawaii is offering the two-hour classes, at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. Free keiki car-seat checks also will be provided.
Registration will be taken at the site on a first-come, first-served basis.
An estimated 250,000 Americans die annually of sudden cardiac arrest -- amounting to nearly 700 deaths per day, according to the Heart Association.
Many of those deaths could be prevented if someone nearby had known CPR, the association stressed.
Cardiac arrest can occur from drowning, suffocation, electrocution, trauma or an allergic reaction, as well as heart disease.
About 50,000 or more lives could be saved each year with the "Chain of Survival" links in place, the AHA said.
They include: quick calls to 911, prompt bystander CPR, early defibrillation by emergency services, and early administration of advanced cardiac life support by paramedics.
