For a $25 – $35 fee and a 4-hour time investment on a Saturday, Oakland Township residents can get excellent American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR/AED/Choking/First Aid training. The courses are delivered by an Oakland Township Paramedics and/or EMT’s. The $25 the course is delivered without the first aid component. The next courses are scheduled for Station #2 at 1888 North Rochester Rd as follows –

• November 18, 2017:  Heartsaver CPR/AED/Choking/First Aid (9am-4:30pm:  Please bring a lunch for 1/2 hr. break)($35)
• December 16, 2017:  Heartsaver CPR/AED/Choking (9am -1pm) (no first aid component)($25)

For registration please email:  PElder@OaklandTownship.org with the following information:          -Your first and last name          -Your Phone # (for any needed communication with you about class)          -Your email address (to send your certification card after class)          -Class date you would like to attend

See complete details on the Township website at his link:

http://www.oaklandtownship.org/township_departments/fire_department/index.php

 

I attended Heartsaver CPR/AED/Choking today (October 21, 2017) with 7 other residents. This course was presented by Paid-on-Call (POC) Oakland Township Fire Department member Josef Lewandowski (Firefighter / EMT) with assistance of new Paid-on-Call member Kelly Ondersma

POC Kelly Ondersma, Mr. Schomer, POC Josef Lewandowski

 

Half of the eight course attendees were four members of the Schomer family, a large family including some married children.  Mr. Schomer is considering applying for a Paid-on-Call position.

Part of the Schomer family at CPR training

I took this same course in 2014 at Crittenton. Today I learned that much has changed to improve and simplify CPR since then. Much of this improvement came from the work of the Seattle Fire Department.

Bob Yager