Valley Council members and their new "friends" after
completing their Family & Friends CPR Anytime Training
Thanks to the latest Lunch "n" Learn program, seven Valley
nonprofits are safer places to work today as employees of those agencies
completed a special lunchtime training conducted by Daun Barrett of the Valley
Parish Nurse Program held at Valley United Way. The Family & Friends CPR Anytime
program is a short (22 minute), user friendly course designed to acquaint people
with the basics of Adult CPR. Each of the participants received their own kit
including a "mini Anne CPR Learning Manikin and an instructional DVD. The
trainees were asked to share their kits with others at home or back at the
office in an effort to continue to make the entire Valley a Heart-Safe
community.
The 20 minute course covered the basics of CPR and also an
introduction to Automated External Defibrillators. Daun pointed out that
approximately 40 of the machines have been distributed at various sites
throughout the Valley and the groups receiving the machines have been trained in
their use and maintenance.
Valley Agencies who participated in the training included:
- Visiting Nurses of South Central Connecticut
- The Workplace
- Catholic Charities
- Naugatuck Valley Health District
- Derby Public Library
- The Umbrella
- Valley United Way
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