For the second time in seven months, the Killingworth Ambulance Association will offer a CPR/AED class on Saturday, Nov. 12, at its Route 81 headquarters. The session begins at 9 a.m. and is expected to last approximately three hours.
The class follows a May 6 CPR course, which was the first time in two years – or since the outbreak of COVID – that the KAA offered it. Eight persons attended, and all passed.
As it was then, the class will be taught by KAA board member Don McDougall, who this summer marked his 51st year with the Ambulance Association. McDougall normally teaches three to four CPR classes a year, but that schedule was interrupted in 2020 by COVID.
Now the class is back and open to all persons over the ages of 15.
The course is free to all Killingworth residents. Non residents will be required to pay a $20 fee.
“People ask: Why should I take it?’ “ McDougall said of CPR. “The great percentage of heart attacks happen at home, and you could be the only person there. If you call an ambulance, it could be 10-15 minutes before somebody gets there. In the meantime, you could be saving a loved one or family member.”
Because space is limited, interested persons are urged to pre-register by contacting McDougall at donmcdougall2@comcast.net.
For more information, please contact the KAA at (860) 663-2450.