In addition, families may receive other assistance such as shoes, diapers, medicine, eyeglasses and basic household items. All American Red Cross disaster assistance is free. The American Red Cross Badger Chapter, which is headquartered in Madison, serves residents in Dane, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, and Sauk counties, and the City of Lake Mills in Jefferson County, and helps coordinate activities for all Red Cross units in the state. The local American Red Cross Badger Chapter is offering their Community CPR class, which includes adult, child and infant CPR, in Spanish. The class will be given on Saturday, October 28 from 9 am to 4 pm at the American Red Cross building at 4860 Sheboygan Avenue in Madison.
Class size is limited, so please register early.
To register or inquire about this course, call the Red Cross at 227-1253. To help increase the number of community members trained in lifesaving CPR and to ensure that all community members have access to this vital information, the Red Cross is offering the Community CPR class in Spanish. Every day, sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 1,000 people in the United States. According to The National Safety Council, there is a fatal injury in the home every 19 minutes and a disabling injury every five seconds, with choking being one of the four leading causes of these fatal accidents. Through the Community CPR course, people learn rescue breathing, procedures for choking victims, and CPR for adults, children and infants.