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CPR Delmarva We provide the necessary CPR instruction to get you certified. CPR Delmarva provides in person training for CPR, First Aid, & BLS in facility or off-site.

Certifications are through the American Heart Association and are recognized by all professions.

🎃 Don’t let an emergency give you a fright!This Halloween, enjoy the tricks, treats and spooky fun—and remember that kno...
10/31/2026

🎃 Don’t let an emergency give you a fright!
This Halloween, enjoy the tricks, treats and spooky fun—and remember that knowing CPR can help you become someone’s real-life hero. ❤️
Have a safe and happy Halloween from CPR Delmarva! 👻🦇

Halloween is tomorrow. Most of the night goes fine. The handful of things that don't tend to be the same few every year....
10/30/2026

Halloween is tomorrow. Most of the night goes fine. The handful of things that don't tend to be the same few every year.

Choking. Hard candy, gum, and small toy prizes are exactly the wrong size for little kids. If a child can still cough, let them cough — that's working. If they can't make a sound, that's when you step in.

Allergic reactions. Unlabeled candy and homemade treats are the usual culprits. Know where the epinephrine is before you leave the house, not after.

Falls in the dark. Long costumes, uneven curbs, unlit driveways. Most of it is scrapes and skinned knees — pack a few bandages anyway.

Have a good night out there.

Want to know exactly what to do when a kid can't cough? That's a class. Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com.

Today is National First Responders Day, and the EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and police across Delmarva have earned e...
10/28/2026

Today is National First Responders Day, and the EMTs, paramedics, firefighters, and police across Delmarva have earned every bit of it. A lot of them have trained alongside us. All of them have walked into somebody's worst day and gone back the next morning to do it again.

Here's what they'll tell you, though: by the time they pull up, minutes have already passed. In a cardiac arrest, those minutes are the whole game.

They're the best-trained people in the room the moment they arrive. You're the only person in the room before that.

Thank you to every first responder on the peninsula. And if you want to be ready for the minutes before they get there, call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com.

Halloween means buckets of hard candy, caramels, and gum — and a lot of kids eating them fast. Here's what to watch for....
10/26/2026

Halloween means buckets of hard candy, caramels, and gum — and a lot of kids eating them fast. Here's what to watch for.

Serious choking looks like this: they can't cough, cry, talk, or breathe, and they may grab at their throat. If someone is coughing hard, they're still moving air — encourage them to keep coughing.

If they can't breathe, act fast and have someone call 911.

Adults and kids over 1: stand behind them, make a fist just above the belly button, and give quick inward-and-upward abdominal thrusts until the object comes out.

Babies under 1: never use abdominal thrusts. Support the baby face-down along your forearm and give 5 firm back blows between the shoulder blades, then turn them over and give 5 chest thrusts with two fingers. Repeat until the object comes out.

If the person stops responding, start CPR.

And for the little ones under 4, keep the hard candy, gum, and small treats out of the bucket.

Hands-on practice makes this automatic. Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com to book a first aid class.

Two things tend to collide in December: training budgets that expire, and certifications that quietly lapsed sometime in...
10/23/2026

Two things tend to collide in December: training budgets that expire, and certifications that quietly lapsed sometime in the fall.

If your team's cards are coming up for renewal, October is the easier month to handle it. We come to your location, bring the mannequins and AED trainers, and build the class around your schedule — a shift change, a slow afternoon, a standing staff meeting. Offices, restaurants, gyms, daycares, contractors, churches. Whoever needs it.

Booked now, it's a line item you planned for. Booked in December, it's a scramble.

Ask us about onsite group rates. Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com.

Pull out your CPR card and check the date. Go ahead, we'll wait.Most CPR and first aid certifications are good for two y...
10/21/2026

Pull out your CPR card and check the date. Go ahead, we'll wait.

Most CPR and first aid certifications are good for two years. After that they're expired — and for a lot of jobs, an expired card means you're out of compliance.

Beyond the paperwork, skills fade. Hand placement, compression depth, and rhythm can start slipping within months of a class. A renewal course brings them back and covers any guideline updates since your last one.

If your card runs out before the end of the year, now's the time to get on the schedule. End-of-year classes fill up fast.

Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com to book your renewal.

When people picture using CPR, they picture a stranger. A guy who goes down at the gym. Someone in a parking lot.The num...
10/20/2026

When people picture using CPR, they picture a stranger. A guy who goes down at the gym. Someone in a parking lot.

The numbers tell a different story. More than 70% of cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital happen at home.

Which means the person on the floor is far more likely to be your husband, your mother, your kid, your best friend. The person you'd give anything to keep.

That's an uncomfortable thing to sit with. It's also the most honest reason to learn this — not for a hypothetical stranger, but for the people already in your house.

Learn it for them. Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com.

Today is World Restart a Heart Day. Around the world the message is the same one we say in every class: you do not need ...
10/16/2026

Today is World Restart a Heart Day. Around the world the message is the same one we say in every class: you do not need a medical degree to save someone.

Hands-only CPR is two steps.

1. Call 911 and put your phone on speaker.
2. Push hard and fast in the center of the chest — about 100 to 120 compressions a minute — and don't stop until help takes over.

That's it. No mouth-to-mouth for an adult who suddenly collapses. No certification required to try. The only real mistake is doing nothing because you're afraid of doing it wrong.

If two steps is all it takes, there's no reason for a single person on Delmarva not to know them.

Make today the day. Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com to book a class.

Quick question: at work, at your gym, at your kid's school — where's the AED?If you had to think about it, you're not al...
10/14/2026

Quick question: at work, at your gym, at your kid's school — where's the AED?

If you had to think about it, you're not alone. AEDs are often mounted in plain sight and still get walked past every day.

Here's why it matters. In sudden cardiac arrest, CPR keeps blood moving, but an AED is what can shock the heart back into a normal rhythm. Every minute without one lowers the chance of survival.

And if you've ever worried about using one: AEDs are built for bystanders. Turn it on and it talks you through every step. It checks the heart rhythm on its own and only delivers a shock if one is needed.

This week, find the AED at the places you spend the most time. It takes 30 seconds.

Want hands-on practice before it counts? Our classes include AED training. Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com.

This Friday is World Restart a Heart Day, a global push to get ordinary people comfortable with CPR. Before it gets here...
10/13/2026

This Friday is World Restart a Heart Day, a global push to get ordinary people comfortable with CPR. Before it gets here, it's worth knowing what actually saves someone.

It's a chain, and it only holds if every link does:

1. Call 911. Get help moving before you do anything else.
2. Start compressions. Hard and fast in the center of the chest.
3. Get an AED. It reads the rhythm itself and won't shock someone who doesn't need it.
4. Hand off to EMS. They take over with advanced care.

Here's the number that explains the urgency: for every minute that passes without CPR or defibrillation, the chance of survival drops roughly 7 to 10%. But when a bystander starts compressions right away, survival can double or even triple.

Links one through three are you.

Want to be a link that holds? Call 302-470-2601 or visit cprdelmarva.com.

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Milford, DE
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