Los Angeles County marked National Cardiopulmonary Resus-citation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week (June 1-7) with a lifesaving training session on June 2.

The event was held at Grand Park, where participants received one-on-one instruction and practiced using manikins. They also heard first-hand accounts from cardiac arrest survivors who were saved by bystanders who gave them CPR. The training brought together medical teams and health care professionals from the Emergency Medical Services Agency, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Los Angeles Fire Department, American Heart Association and PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital.

When someone is unresponsive and not breathing normally, emergency personnel recommend calling 911, attempting to locate an automated external defibrillator and then performing CPR. To perform hands-only CPR, push hard and fast in the center of the chest at 100-120 beats per minute until emergency services arrive. For additional training events, CPR videos and information, visit dhs.lacounty.gov.