Heart Safe Plymouth, a partnership between the Plymouth Public Safety Department and Rotary Club of Plymouth, will resume offering free CPR/AED training to the public under COVID-19 guidelines. Training sessions are held at the Plymouth Public Safety Building, 3400 Plymouth Blvd., adjacent to City Hall.

 

Upcoming trainings include:
● 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 14
● 9 a.m. Saturday, October 17
● 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 18
● 9 a.m. Saturday, November  21

 

The one-hour training sessions teach hands-only CPR – chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breaths – and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). The free course has already trained over 6,300 participants. Registration is required. To schedule training for a group or business, call CPR/AED Instructor Norm Okerstrom at 763-238-8443 or email heartsafeplymouth@gmail.com.

 

COVID-19 guidelines limit classes to 12 participants; face coverings are required; social distancing is expected. Hand sanitizers, disinfectant wipes and soap are available at each training session. In addition, Heart Safe Plymouth asks participants to screen themselves for symptoms. Registrants with a fever, chills or shortness of breath and a new cough, new sore throat, new muscle aches, new headaches, or new loss of smell or taste are asked to cancel their registration and stay home.