Nassau County offers free hands-on CPR training to help save lives

NASSAU COUNTY, Fla. – The Nassau County Emergency Operations Center is giving community members hands-on training to help save a life.

More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside of a hospital each year, according to the American Heart Association. CRP could double or triple survival chances.

The CPR training will teach participants how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) in an interactive session on Thursday, Oct. 10 at 6 p.m.

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The free event will be held at the Emergency Operations Center on 77150 Citizen’s Circle in Yulee.

Registration is not required but preferred.

You can register here.