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West Penn Allegheny’s STAR Center Hosts Free, Walk-In Heartsaver CPR Classes All Day Saturday
Thursday, February 7th, 2013
Be a Valentine – Be a Heartsaver
The STAR (Simulation, Teaching and Academic Research) Center at West Penn Allegheny Health System, in conjunction with Community College of Allegheny County, is offering a day of free, walk-in Heartsaver CPR Classes Saturday, Feb. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Attendees will learn more about the dangers of sudden cardiac arrest and how they can help save the life of someone who is having a heart attack. STAR Center professionals and CCAC instructors will demonstrate the newest CPR techniques and the use of the automated external defibrillator (AED).
What: Free Heartsaver CPR classes, open to the public
When: Saturday, Feb. 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Classes will begin at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. No registration is necessary.
Where: STAR Center, West Penn Hospital School of Nursing, 4900 Friendship Ave., in Pittsburgh’s Bloomfield neighborhood
Why: An opportunity to learn skills that could be the difference between life and death in a cardiac emergency
Contact:
Stephanie Waite
(412) 337-5484
Anthony Cuda
412.573.9380
