Learn hands only CPR and AED use at our FREE 30 minute sessions.
- Where: See list of participating communities below; specific location information coming soon
- When: 1st June 2018, various times
- Why: every year 40,000 Canadians die from sudden cardiac arrest. With CPR and AED their chances of survival increase by up to 50%
- How: Contact the community paramedic for your community for details - contact information coming soon
Learn how to save a life using the free PulsePoint CPR App in BC with BC Emergency Health Services, and be trained by BC Ambulance Service paramedics supported by St John Ambulance and the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
These free sessions are designed for any member of the public who wants to learn hands-only CPR and how to use an AED. The sessions do not carry certification but attendees will get a Certificate of Appreciation and details of how to download PulsePoint.
- Anahim Lake - community paramedic: Geoffrey Walker
- Atlin - community paramedic: Scott Cole
- Barriere - community paramedic: Mikael Kjellstrom
- Bella Coola - community paramedic: Jeffrey Snow
- Boston Bar - community paramedic: Christopher Michel
- Bowen Island - community paramedics: Janis Treleaven and Keith Tyler
- Clinton - community paramedic: Diana Guerin
- Clearwater - community paramedic: Dan Daase
- Cortes Island - community paramedic: Martin Metz
- Fort St James - community paramedic: Denyse Pellerin
- Fraser Lake - community paramedic: Catherine Scott
- Fruitvale - community paramedic: Bryan Henry
- Gold River - community paramedic: Donna Schneider
- Granisle - community paramedic: Rena Shepherd
- Hazelton - community paramedic: Marian Pelsma
- Houston - community paramedic: Ainslie Stacey
- Hudson Hope - community paramedic: Lynda (Bertha) Luchinski
- Kaslo - community paramedic: Leanne Blancher
- Lillooet - community paramedic: Kimberly Ayers
- Lytton - community paramedic: Andrew Morancy
- Mackenzie - community paramedic: Crystal Fox
- Massett - community paramedic: Ross Hayes
- Mayne Island - community paramedic: Kimiko Warthe
- McBride - community paramedic: Tanya Rich
- New Denver - community paramedic: Dean (Colin) Spankie
- Pemberton - community paramedic: Melissa Caldwell
- Pender Island - community paramedic: Elise Dri
- Port Hardy - community paramedics: Jamie Keamo and Kathleen Ilett
- Port McNeill - community paramedic: Matthew Rydalch
- Powell River - community paramedic: Brian Bompezzi
- Princeton - community paramedic: Emma Jameson
- Revelstoke - community paramedic: Kellie Christy
- Rossland - community paramedic: Derek Wolfe
- Salmo - community paramedic: Lana Bond
- Sayward - community paramedic: Patricia Rusch
- Sicamous - community paramedics: Kathleen Crandlemire and Susan Cameron
- Smithers - community paramedic: Migon Cochrane
- Sointula - community paramedic: Tyler Brett
- Southside - community paramedics: Cynthia Raasveld and Dieter Philipp
- Sparwood - community paramedic: Kristie Williams
- Tofino - community paramedic: Scott Belinski
- Tumbler Ridge - community paramedic: Joan Zimmer
- Wells - community paramedic: Eileen Hayles
