Photo caption: Senator Fuschillo (back right), Assemblyman Dave McDonough (R-North Merrick, back left), and Red Cross Instructor Antoine Mobley (back center) watch as (front l-r) Sean Lochner, Carl Bloom, and Dustin Cole of Pack 239 in Seaford practice the hands-only CPR techniques they learned at the free citizen CPR course.

Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) recently teamed up with the American Red Cross to offer a free citizen CPR course. The course, which was held at the Freeport Recreation Center, taught residents what to do in a situation where someone needs CPR.

Certified CPR instructors taught participants how to perform life-saving, hands-only CPR techniques and demonstrated how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Residents were able to practice CPR chest compressions on a mannequin.

Residents who were unable to attend the free citizen CPR course offered by Senator Fuschillo and the Red Cross but would like to get more information about learning CPR can contact the American Red Cross at 516-747-3500.