CPR Weekend – Classes are FREE and open to everyone!
This CPR course is part of our annual CPR Weekend, and the class is FREE and open to anyone! Pick your class time, and sign up in advance! Walk-ups are welcome until the class is full.
Free CPR Education For Our Community
CPR Saturday/Sunday is an annual community event offered free-of-charge to anyone interested in learning the basic life-saving skills of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). In October each year, students are taught the fundamentals of CPR and then given the opportunity to practice with CPR mannequins and Automatic External Defibrillators (AED). Upon successful completion of the course, students receive a Tacoma Fire Department CPR certification card. Over 14,000 participants have attended this life saving class.
What Attendees Can Expect
- More than 50 certified Basic Life Support instructors
- 1 1/2 hours of classroom lecture plus 1 hour of hands on training
- Practical training with CPR manikins and automated external defibrillators (AEDs)
- You will receive a CPR card upon course completion
- The course does not meet BLS HCP requirements and does not cover first aid
What Attendees Will Learn
- What happens when you call 9-1-1
- The new CPR guidelines: C-A-B-D
- Patient assessment
- One rescuer adult/child/infant CPR and obstructed airway
- Automated external defibrillator use
- How to recognize Opioid overdose signs and symptoms, and the use of the reversal agent Narcan/Naloxone
- Foreign body airway obstruction management
- Essentials of a home first aid kit
- CPR-related information/reminder list for home and wallet
Saturday, October 3, 2025 – Eastside Community Center (1721 East 56th Street)
10am Session: Click here to register or cancel
12pm Session: Click here to register or cancel
Sunday, October 4, 2025 – Henry Foss High School (2112 South Tyler Street)
8am Session: Click here to register or cancel
10am Session: Click here to register or cancel
12pm Session: Click here to register or cancel
2pm Session: Click here to register or cancel