With a history spanning more than 90 years, the Monroe County Chapter of the American Red Cross is today’s premier provider of first aid, CPR, water safety, swimming lessons, caregiving, babysitter’s training, and other health and safety education programs. Developed in conjunction with medical and aquatics experts, each program delivers the latest information and lifesaving techniques. Every year the Red Cross prepares millions of people to save lives through health and safety training, including first aid, CPR and AED, aquatics and water safety, swimming lessons, and caregiving programs. The Red Cross is committed to keeping people safe at home, at school, and in the workplace by teaching people not only how to respond to emergencies, but also how to prevent them.

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Overview Statistics show that more than 200,000 Americans die of sudden cardiac arrest every year. Up to 50,000 of these deaths could have been prevented if someone had initiated the Cardiac Chain of Survival, and an automated external defibrillator (AED) had been available for immediate use at the time of the emergency. The American Red Cross has a vision of one person in every household being trained in CPR lifesaving skills, all Americans being within four minutes of an AED and someone trained to use that AED in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. > Click here for information