Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital Offers Adult “HeartSaver” CPR Course

The community is invited to attend the Adult “HeartSaver” CPR (Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation) class at Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital (SYVCH) on Thursday, September 14, 2017, from 6:00-9:00 p.m.  The class will be held in the administration building behind the hospital located at 2050 Viborg Road in Solvang and led by Tina Collins, RN, MSN, ICCE, with the Cottage Health Education Department. Collins has worked in patient education with Cottage Health for more than 30 years and has extensive knowledge of these critical life skills.  “Come and learn how to be a heart saver. What you learn in three hours could rescue someone’s life,” Collins said. 

Based on American Heart Association guidelines for the lay public, the Adult “HeartSaver” class covers CPR as well as FBAO (Foreign Body Airway Obstruction) and also includes instruction of the use of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) on anyone over the age of eight years. This class is appropriate for non-professional caregivers and any lay person who wants to learn these skills. Participants will receive a course completion card upon successfully finishing the class. 

The class fee is $25.00 per person and pre-registration is required by September 12, 2017.  Class participants must be over 10 years of age. Please register in advance online or by calling Frances McKinney at (805) 569-7325.

About Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital

Founded in 1964, the not-for-profit Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital (SYVCH) located at 2050 Viborg Road in Solvang, provides high quality outpatient surgical services, inpatient care, comprehensive imaging (including MRI, CT, digital mammography, ultrasound, X-ray), on-site laboratory, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, physicians specialty clinic and 24-hour emergency services to the community. SYVCH is part of the not-for-profit Cottage Health–the parent organization of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital and its associated Cottage Children’s Medical Center and Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital and Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital — guided by a volunteer board of directors from the greater Santa Barbara community. Last year, the Cottage hospitals provided inpatient care for 20,000 people, treated 72,000 patients through their 24-hour emergency departments and helped deliver 2,400 newborns. For more information call 805-688-6431 or visit www.cottagehealth.org/syvch