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Healthcare and public safety officials will offer free “hands-only” CPR training to residents at various locations in the tri-cities region on Tuesday. The one-day CPR training event was established out of a need to improve survival times among patients who suffer from cardiac arrest. The five- to 10-minute “hands only” CPR lessons are focused on teaching residents how to perform chest compressions to keep a cardiac patient alive until emergency personnel arrive to the scene.

An infant and child CPR class is being offered in Spanish by the Glendale-Crescenta Valley chapter of the American Red Cross on Aug. 25. The course will cover how to identify and care for breathing emergencies in infants and children like choking and cardiac arrest. CPR skills will also be taught. Participants will practice with CPR mannequins and take a written test. Those who pass will be issued an infant/child CPR certification card, valid for one year.

Marshall Allen LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE -- In honor of Emergency Preparednessmonth -- which is April -- the American Red Cross is teaching people Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation at the Rose Bowl. The "Revive and Survive" CPR classes, which include sessions in Spanish, will be from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 28 at the Rose Bowl, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena. Registration for the event is available online at www.acrossla.org, or by calling (800)

The Glendale-Crescenta Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross is holding an instructional class on infant and child CPR. Students will learn how to perform CPR on infants and small children, how to respond to a heart attack and cardiac arrest, and how to help a child who is choking. Students will have skills practice with mannequins and must complete a written test. Those who successfully complete the course will receive certification in infant and child CPR, valid for one year.

Amber Willard SOUTHWEST GLENDALE -- The Glendale chapter of the American Red Cross is offering local children an alternative to sitting around and watching television over the winter holiday. Two three-day seminars teaching CPR, first aid and other safety training will be offered starting Dec. 26 and Jan. 2, officials said this week. "They can learn and have fun," said Jon Furlong, coordinator of the Santa's Safety Workshops program for the Glendale-Crescenta Valley Red Cross.

GLENDALE ? Ian Nunya didn't think much about the loud lightning crash that occurred on a late afternoon in Northern Arizona. That changed when his college roommate, Eric Carlos, looked out the window of their fourth-floor dormitory on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff, Ariz., around 3:30 p.m. Sept. 10 and saw that somebody had been badly injured. Nunya, who graduated from St. Francis High last spring after competing on the school's football and track and field programs, sprung into action.

When Jose Gomez began his career as an athletic trainer, he set out to not only help people through his first-aid and CPR training, but he also decided to pass along his knowledge to others who wanted to learn life-saving skills. Gomez, 47, started working in the field of sports medicine at schools around the county in the 1970s. About 20 years ago, he landed a job at the athletic department at Glendale Community College. ?In 1974, I taped my first ankle, and I?ve been taping ever since,?

Janine Marnien "OK, what's the first thing you do?" Glendale Unified Health Service Coordinator Lynda Burlison asked Brent Dormond during a CPR training session Thursday at Crescenta Valley High School. "Check to see if my scene's safe," said Brent, a freshman at the school. "That's right. Then what do you do?" Burlison asked, prompting Brent as he took his CPR practical exam, which he quickly passed. Brent and about 400 other Crescenta Valley High students learned the American Red Cross method of adult CPR this week.

When Assistant City Atty. Dennis Schuck collapsed because of a heart attack, he was fortunate others in City Hall knew CPR and were able to help. Considering it had been six years since Glendale had held a clinic for its general staff, it was lucky that attorneys and city managers do more than push papers. Schuck is around today thanks -- in no small part -- to their help. The city has decided not to rely on luck in the future and is planning courses for all 1,700 employees.

Gretchen Hoffman Chip Cabana doesn't consider himself an overly religious man, but he has no explanation other than God's intervention for how he saved a neighbor's son who almost drowned. Cabana's last CPR class was 27 years ago, but when he heard Klara Arakelian's screams and saw her toddler floating in the pool July 6, he jumped into action. He hopped out of the RV he was tinkering around in -- the window of which looks over the Arakelians' pool -- and ran around the fence.

Healthcare and public safety officials will offer free “hands-only” CPR training to residents at various locations in the tri-cities region on Tuesday. The one-day CPR training event was established out of a need to improve survival times among patients who suffer from cardiac arrest. The five- to 10-minute “hands only” CPR lessons are focused on teaching residents how to perform chest compressions to keep a cardiac patient alive until emergency personnel arrive to the scene.

When an activity results in broken bones, it is usually a sign to desist. So Hoover High School senior Sasoon Amerian had his work out cut out for him Thursday as he set about training his schoolmates on how to administer hands-only CPR. “The ribs probably are going to break,” said Sasoon, 18, a member of the Hoover High School Public Safety Academy. “It is alright if they break, just continue, even though it is going to be a little scary.” The lesson, which was conducted using a dummy, was one of dozens taking place in classrooms throughout the campus as part of Sidewalk CPR, a nationwide event designed to teach members of the public how to assist someone who has stopped breathing.

A short-term Scouting project led Mack Dugger to a longtime commitment with the American Red Cross. Aside from his regular duties as CPR and first aid instructor, Dugger is also on the Red Cross disaster action team, which helps local residents in times of emergency. He has served as captain in the past and is currently the duty officer and chairman of the disaster team. Dugger has been especially integral to the team during the Station fire. Dugger’s involvement with the Red Cross stemmed from his desire to get a particular Boy Scout leader badge that required CPR and first aid certification, he said.

Calls out to local veterans Do you know that you have two veteran organizations in the valley? The American Legion Post #288 and Veterans of Foreign Was Post #1614. The [number of] WWII vets in these organizations are slowly declining. Won’t you become involved to help yourself and the community? You don’t know how important you are to yourself and community. Would you consider joining either of these organizations? They could use new blood and ideas for the community betterment.

SOUTH GLENDALE — Keith Lee tapped his partner’s shoulder, said “Are your OK? Call 911,” and for 10 seconds, he listened for breathing. Lee didn’t hear breathing, so he pretended to give two breaths and carefully rolled his partner over to one side to ensure he did not choke on vomit or saliva and die. Lee, a Pasadena resident, was one of 150 people during a morning session in which he and others conducted the adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation technique as part of the American Red Cross Glendale and Crescenta Valley Chapter’s annual Super CPR Saturday.

AUDITIONS Foothill Summer Theatre — March 7 . Auditions for Foothill Summer Theatre’s “Godspell” mark the program’s 27th season. Auditions will be held for the program March 7 at Flintridge Preparatory School. The program will run from June 22 through Aug. 2 at La Cañada High School from 1 until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The tuition per student is $1,000 and each student is also responsible for $200 in ad sales for the show’s program book.

GLENDALE — Hoover High School student Adeh Tarverdian was on a bus with his soccer team Dec. 21, 2007, about to leave for a game when he heard cries for help. He and coach Charles Martinez ran to find a man lying on a grass field. They performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the man was taken to the hospital. Four days later, a high school secretary notified Adeh that the man survived and that they had saved his life. “The man said if it wasn’t for us doing CPR on him, he probably wouldn’t be alive,” Adeh said.

Red Cross offers child CPR class The Glendale-Crescenta Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a child and infant CPR class from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Monday at 1501 S. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Pre-registration is required at least 24 hours in advance, in person. The cost is $40. To register, call (818) 243-3121 or visit www.arcglendale.org. ? Athlete to speak at prayer breakfast The 45th annual Glendale Mayor?s Prayer Breakfast will feature Ann Meyers Drysdale, widow of former Dodger and Hall of Fame pitcher Don Drysdale, at the Hilton Glendale.

SALVATION ARMY GLENDALE The Salvation Army is looking for volunteers who can deliver meals for the ?Meals on Wheels? service during a weekday lunch hour to homebound seniors. Volunteers are also needed to tutor children during after school hours between 3 and 6 p.m. Tutors also provide computer instruction to seniors and also visit with seniors. Volunteers are needed to get the word out about Safe Place, a program for youth in crisis. For more information, call Maren Schneider at (818)