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Thousands of South Floridians will learn lifesaving CPR during free training sessions held simultaneously at eight locations throughout Miami-Dade County on Saturday, September 6. CPR Day Miami – the most ambitious CPR training in Miami-Dade history – is being hosted by Jackson Health System, Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the University of Miami, in collaboration with the American Heart Association the American Red Cross of Greater Miami & The Keys, firefighters and other partners.
Participants age 11 and older will spend about an hour in the training sessions – first watching a short video, followed by hands-on training, performing compressions on CPR manikins.
Jackson Health System President and CEO Carlos A. Migoya, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho, and University of Miami President Donna E. Shalala will be trained in lifesaving CPR at 10 a.m., Saturday at the University of Miami training site.
Media is encouraged to come to UM at 10 a.m. Video and interview opportunities will be available at UM and all other sites throughout the day.
Training will be offered from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following locations:
University of Miami
Fieldhouse at BankUnited Center
1245 Dauer Drive, Coral Gables, 33146
John A. Ferguson Senior High School
15900 S.W. 56th Street, Miami, 33185
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School
1410 N.E. 215th Street, Miami, 33179
Greater Miami & The Keys Chapter of the American Red Cross
335 S.W. 27th Avenue, Miami, 33135
Coral Reef Senior High School
10101 S.W. 152nd Street, Miami, 33157
Booker T. Washington Senior High School
1200 N.W. Sixth Avenue, Miami, 33136
Hialeah Gardens Senior High School
11700 Hialeah Gardens Boulevard, Hialeah Gardens, 33018
Key Biscayne Fire Department
560 Crandon Boulevard, Key Biscayne, 33149
*Site open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. No pre-registration available, walk-ins only.
Seventy percent of Americans lack the knowledge to perform CPR. The importance of knowing the lifesaving skill made international headlines this past February when then 5-month-old Sebastian de la Cruz stopped breathing in the backseat of his aunt’s car. His aunt, Pamela Rauseo, performed lifesaving CPR on Sebastian on the side of a busy Miami expressway, as a Miami Herald photographer captured dramatic images of the harrowing ordeal.
Sebastian was rushed to Holtz Children’s Hospital at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, and today is healthy, happy, and getting ready to celebrate his first birthday later this month.
Rauseo and her family are supporters of CPR Day Miami. She will be attending trainings at UM and the American Red Cross location.
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