Hands Only CPR & AED Training

Longboat Key Fire Rescue's firefighter-paramedics teach this free course at the town's north fire station on Gulf of Mexico Drive, skipping mouth-to-mouth to concentrate on what a bystander can do in the first minutes of a cardiac arrest: call 911, start chest compressions and use an AED. The Fire Rescue Department pairs a video and short lecture with hands-on practice on training dummies, and the class lasts about an hour. Each session is capped at 16 participants, and it is an awareness course rather than a certification. The town's listing frames the skills as ones that could help a family member, friend, neighbor or visitor.