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Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center

Provides CPR Classes For The Community

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an emergency • Class time: 6 to 7:30 p.m. arrest happen, call 9-1-1 right away, and then do CPR until
procedure that can help save a person’s life if their breathing • Local EMS will give a hands-only CPR demonstration medical professionals arrive.
or heart stops. You never know when you might need to know and go over Automated External Defibrillator (AED) use. Anyone can learn CPR. According to the American Heart
it, but CPR training is important, and it can save lives. If • Participants will have the opportunity to practice their Association, most Americans are unable to perform CPR
someone is experiencing cardiac arrest, starting CPR within new skills using CPR mannequins. when there is a cardiac arrest victim either because it has
minutes can be the difference between life and death. CPR • Reservations are required. been a long time since they practiced, or they don’t have the
effectively keeps blood flowing and provides oxygen to • Class is open to all ages, anyone under 18 must have proper training required to perform CPR.
the brain and other vital organs, giving the victim a better adult supervision. By attending CPR classes, you’re not only equipped with
chance for a full recovery. Effective bystander CPR provided • No certificate is provided. the right tools, but you also develop the confidence you need
immediately after sudden cardiac arrest can double or triple According to the Centers for Disease Control and to become a lifesaver rather than a bystander.
a victim’s chance of survival. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Prevention, cardiac arrests often happen at home. About To register for a CPR class, log on to https://www.pbgmc.
Center has teamed up with Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside of hospitals each com/events. For more information on emergency services
to provide free monthly CPR classes for the community. The year – and about seven in 10 of those happen at home. at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, visit https://www.
classes are held every third Tuesday of the month. Unfortunately, about half of the people who experience pbgmc.com/services/emergency-room.
• Classes will be held at Fire Station 61 – 4425 Burns cardiac arrests at home don’t get the help they need from
Road, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410. bystanders before an ambulance arrives. If you see a cardiac
Sri Lanka from page 10

has been a part of the festival ever since, even though
the Portuguese maintain that the “relic” returned was
actually a reproduction of the actual tooth.
Sri Dalada Mligawa (or the Temple of the Tooth)
is the current resting place for this relic. It rests on a
gold lotus-leaf mount that is placed on a solid silver
table. It is shrouded by a golden bell-shaped cover
that is studded with jewels … all of this is in a cool
dark room protected by a wall of glass from floor to
ceiling. The bell cover protects the tooth from all eyes
except those of kings and other high personages. The
“Emerald of Kandy,” known the world over for its size
and luster, hangs from the tail feather of a solid silver
peacock that stands over the shrine.
For all those world travelers who believe that they
have “seen that, done that,” I suggest a visit to Sri
Lanka. It’s sure to be an entirely new experience.

Bathing elephants from the Pinnawala Elephant
Orphanage in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka

A pair of daring performers in the Esala Perahera, a
Buddhist festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka, that worships the
Relic of the Tooth

Don Kiselewski writes from his personal
experiences, having traveled in 122 countries and
cruised the oceans, seas and rivers of the world. Palm
Beach Gardens Travel Leaders, his family owned and
operated agency, is located at Mirasol Town Square,
11360 North Jog Road, Building A, Suite 102-6, Palm
Beach Gardens. The agency has been serving the travel
needs of the South Florida area for over a quarter of
a century. Contact him at (561) 694-9696 or Aussie@
PBGTravel.com.
Photos by Don Kiselewski