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The Student Nurses Association at Mount Wachusett Community College is partnering with the American Heart Association to offer free, 鈥淗ands-Only CPR鈥� training on February 22 and February 23 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gardner campus, South Cafe.

亚色影库 nursing students trained in CPR are taking part in the CPR Community-Wide Challenge, sponsored through the American Heart Association鈥檚 Central Massachusetts division. Throughout February, participating colleges and universities in Worcester County are training students, faculty, staff and community members in the life-saving skills of Hands-Only CPR to promote heart health and focus on saving lives.

According to the AHA, more than 326,000 people experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital each year, and about 90 percent of those victims die, often because bystanders don鈥檛 know how to start CPR or are afraid they鈥檒l do something wrong. CPR, especially if performed immediately, can double or triple a cardiac arrest victim鈥檚 chance of survival.

Hands-Only CPR is CPR without mouth-to-mouth breaths. It is recommended for use by people who see a teen or adult suddenly collapse in an 鈥渙ut-of-hospital鈥� setting, such as at home, at work or in a park.

The CPR Community-Wide Challenge training at is being conducted by student groups with equipment donated by the American Heart Association and the corporate sponsors of the challenge. The challenge is locally sponsored by UMass Memorial Medical Center and Medstar Ambulance. To learn more about CPR and local CPR classes, visit, .