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Elkhart General Hospital Emergency Medical Services Offers CPR Course
July 1, 2011

GOSHEN, IN – Elkhart General Hospital Emergency Medical Services is offering Healthcare Provider CPR Courses from 8 a.m. – noon on the following days: Saturday, July 9, Wednesday, July 13 and Monday, July 18, 2011 at the Elkhart General Hospital Health Education Center, located at 2222 Rieth Blvd., next to the Lowe’s on US 33 in Goshen.

The Healthcare Provider CPR Course is intended for certified or non-certified, licensed or non-licensed healthcare professionals but is also open to the public that are looking for a more in-depth CPR course. Students will be instructed on:

  • Chain of survival

  • Survival and signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, and stroke

  • Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (FBAO) in adults and children

  • Utilization of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED)

  • Utilization of a Bag-Valve-Mask (BVM)

  • Adult CPR

  • Infant & Child CPR

Course fee is $40 for affiliated providers and EGH employees and $50 for non-EGH affiliated providers. Registration fee includes course book. A course completion card will be given at the end of the class. For more information, call Elkhart General Emergency Medical Services at (574) 875-6430. To register online, visit www.egh.org

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For more information contact:
Shelley Rody
Media & Special Events Coordinator
Elkhart General Hospital Marketing & Community Relations
Phone: 574-389-5656
Website: www.egh.org

 

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