MEDIA ADVISORY
Media Contact: Yuri Gonzalez
Phone: (956) 310-2139
Email: [email protected]

Pharr EMS Offering Free Hands-Only CPR & Stop the Bleed Courses, Registration Open

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Pharr, Texas – Pharr EMS is offering a FREE Hands-Only CPR & Stop the Bleed course, providing community members with essential lifesaving skills. Participants will learn how to perform hands-only CPR, a simple yet effective technique that can help save lives in emergency situations, as well as Stop the Bleed techniques to control life-threatening bleeding before emergency responders arrive.

Today’s course will take place at Pharr EMS Headquarters (3000 N. Cage Blvd., Pharr, TX 78577), from 6 PM to 8 PM.

This course is open to the public at no cost. Hands-only CPR focuses on chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing, making it an accessible and easy-to-learn method for responding to cardiac emergencies. Stop the Bleed focuses on techniques to control bleeding from severe injuries using pressure, wound packing, and tourniquet application. No prior experience is required.

Interested individuals can register online at: https://pharr.jotform.com/250505855620959

The public and media are invited to attend.

DETAILS
WHAT:  FREE Hands-Only CPR & Stop the Bleed Courses
WHEN: Tuesday, February 25, 2025, from 6 PM – 8 PM
WHERE: Pharr EMS Headquarters (3000 N. Cage Blvd., Pharr, TX 78577)