CPR Instruction with certification

Who: Those who want to take CPR instruction and acquire certification. This should be everyone!

Location: Gould Barn, Topsfield, MA. Directions below.

Time: 12 noon- 4 noon

Fee for workshop: $16 per NSPN member (see details below)

Overview: American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR

Class size: 6:1 Student: instructor ratio

Length of class: 3-4 hours approx.

The Heartsaver CPR Course teaches CPR and relief of choking in adults and children, and infant CPR and relief of choking and use of barrier devices for all ages.

Heartsaver CPR Student Workbook Heartsaver Student CD

Class involves practice & watch video. Lots of “hands on” time. Completion of “Skills Test”. No written test.

How to Get Ready

The Heartsaver Adult, Child & Infant Course covers a lot of material in a short time. Please read the workbook before you come to the course. Also, you should review the video clips on your student CD.

This will help you learn more during the course and make you more comfortable with the material. Be sure to bring your book with you because you will use it during class.

What to Wear

Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. You will be practicing skills that require working on your hands and knees, bending, standing, and lifting. If you have any physical conditions that might prevent these activities, please tell one of the instructors. The instructor may be able to adjust the equipment if you have back, knee, or hip problems.

Cost: $16 (includes all supplies and certification costs) Over half what you would pay through other sources.

NSPN member Lisa Macdougall has volunteered her time to NSPN to teach this course. All fees cover only the actual costs of participating in this course. Lisa is a Critical Care Nurse and has been a AHA CPR instructor for 17 years.

RSVP please by 2/16: Email [email protected] to RSVP. Please include your NSPN membership number (ACA number), phone number and email address.

Directions:

From the south, take Rt. 1 north exit off of Route I-95. Follow that to Rt. 97 west into Topsfield. At the stop sign, the library will be on your left and a small side street immediately before the stop sign is on your right - that is East Common Street . Take a right onto this street and park in the lot on the right that is for the Emerson Center/Congregational Church.

From the north, take I-95 south to the Topsfield Rt. 97 exit. Proceed to Congregational Church on the right and Town Common on the left. Make a left turn onto Route 97 East, for 1/2 a second and then take a SHARP left onto East Common St and park in the lot on the right that is for the Emerson Center/Congregational Church.

We have permission to park there from the church.CPR Workshop