[StBernard] Reminder – Pre-registration required – St. Bernard CPR Saturday

[Westley Annis]

To: “The Oaks” Community Newsletter Email Members:

   For questions or to pre-register for the event, please contact the
   American Red Cross directly at 504-620-3146 or 504-277-8163.  Also,
   please feel free to forward this email along to friends, family and
   neighbors.

   Chalmette Refining, the St. Bernard American Red Cross, St. Bernard Fire
   Department and Sheriff’s office are proud to announce the 1st Annual St.
   Bernard Super CPR Saturday! FREE Adult-CPR Training will be provided and
   all participants will receive a free St. Bernard CPR Saturday t-shirt.
   Adult-CPR certification cards will be mailed to all participants meeting
   the requirements.  What is the best part?  You will get to learn from
   everyday local emergency response heroes!

                  1st Annual St. Bernard Super CPR Saturday
                           Saturday, June 28, 2008
                            8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
                      Chalmette Refining Training Center
                   (See attachment for full event details)
                   ***All participants must pre-register***
    For more information and to register, please contact the American Red
                                   Cross at
                        504-620-3146 or 504-277-8163.

   Why should you think about being a St. Bernard CPR Superhero?
   ·  Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in adults.
   ·  85% of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur either at work or at
   home.
   ·  Approximately 1.25 million people in the U.S. experience a heart
   attach each year-that’s one person every 25 seconds! 500,000 of these
   attacks result in death.
   ·  A treatment delay of 4 to 5 minutes decreases survival rates by as
   much as 40%.
   ·  A delay of 10 minutes or longer results in death 95% of the time.
      For more information on CPR statistics please visit www.redcross.org.

   Funding for this event is provided by the ExxonMobil Foundation.