5-minute CPR training
Learn How to Save a Life at Marin County's annual ‘Don’t Miss a Beat’ event.
The Marin County Emergency Medical Services Agency (Marin EMS), the Marin County Fire Department and Marin County Health and Human Services (Marin HHS)are combining talents with other Marin agencies for the eighth annual training to teach hands-only CPR and “stop the bleed” techniques to anybody 8 years old and up. Visitors can swing by any of 19 venues all over the county between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency first aid at no cost. In West Marin: Muir Beach parking lot, Marin French Cheese Factory (Hicks Valley), Throckmorton Fire Station, Toby’s Feed Barn (Pt. Reyes Station), Tomales Bakery, Woodacre Market,
About 1,900 people participated in Marin last year, a year when 46 percent of cardiac arrest patients received assistance from a bystander in the minutes before a professional first responder arrived.
“If everyone 8 and older spent the five minutes to learn how to save a life this way, Marin would be an even safer place to live,” said registered nurse Karrie Groves, a program coordinator for Marin EMS. “It’s proven that bystander CPR can double or triple an ailing person’s chance of survival. If you add in these ‘stop the bleed’ skills, that boosts those odds even more. A bleeding person can die from blood loss within five minutes.”
Local doctors, nurses, paramedics, emergency medical technicians and firefighters will teach hands-only CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that help keep hearts beating. Participants in the non- certified training are eligible for raffle prizes from community partners who support the cause.
San Francisco Giants game tickets, Amazon gift cards, The Bar Method, SoulCycle, Orange Theory Fitness, Mike’s Bikes, and Viansa winery are just a few of the raffle prizes and sponsors for “Don’t Miss a Beat.” The Marin County Medical Reserve Corps Foundation also provides invaluable support along with a dedicated team of volunteers.
More information can be found at ems.marinhhs.org or the American Heart Association’s hands-only CPR video.
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