Howard County Fire and Rescue, Hands-Only CPR
Brad Tanner visits to tell us all about this CPR program. This course is a one-hour, quick, upbeat, and informal class designed for community awareness of SCA, and will teach participants how to start CPR right away and continue doing chest compressions until help arrives. Participants will learn about cardiac arrest and how to recognize it’s happening, the three simple steps of Hands-only CPR for victims over 8 years old, and receive a basic overview of an automated external defibrillator (AED)*. Training in Hands-Only CPR gives members of our local community the ability to help save a life without using mouth-to-mouth ventilations or obtaining a certification card!
HCDFRS offers Hands-Only CPR to groups of 20 or more people including families, organizations, and community groups. Training is scheduled by appointment, and the instructors may be available to come to you. To inquire about a training class for your group, please contact our Hands-Only CPR team at handsonlycpr@hcdfrs.org with a proposed date, time, location, and number of participants for your training. You may also call (410) 313-2016 for more information.
Brad Tanner, Community Outreach Specialist has been with Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services 2011. A local product of the Howard County Public School System and a graduate from UMBC in Mass Media and Communications. In his current role, he has helped with the creation, implementation, and evaluation of the Department's community CPR program, smoke alarm education program, and formalizing a community risk reduction plan.
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