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Free bystander CPR training event in Vermilion Parish

On Saturday, Oct. 25, Acadian Ambulance and Abbeville General Hospital will host two free community CPR training sessions. Both sessions will be at Kaplan High School, 200 E. Pirate Lane Kaplan, Louisiana. One session will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., and the second session will be from 11 a.m. to noon.

The training will provide instruction on hands-only CPR training and highlight the benefits of bystander CPR. It will also include demonstrations on what to do when someone is choking, the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) and stop-the-bleed techniques.

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