ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – As a part of National CPR awareness week, several local healthcare systems partnered with the Roanoke-based Compress and Shock Foundation to host free educational opportunities to equip the public with the skills to save a life.
LewisGale Regional Health System partnered with the foundation to host a class at First Baptist Church in Roanoke that taught around 40 participants.
“Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time,” said Jennifer Herriot-Trejo, director of Hispanic outreach for the Compress and Shock Foundation. “It does not discriminate based on age, race, anything.”
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Several volunteers, including a few LewisGale nurses, helped to lead small-group training sessions, where participants were able to practice the skills they had been taught…