{"id":41269,"date":"2011-04-12T14:34:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-12T18:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=41269"},"modified":"2011-08-03T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-03T20:13:44","slug":"uconn-firefighters-provide-cpraed-training-for-avon-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/04\/uconn-firefighters-provide-cpraed-training-for-avon-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Firefighters Provide CPR\/AED Training for Avon Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tony Ruggerio showing Cathy Walter how to do CPR on an infant. (Laura Phillips Ward for UConn Health Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Health Center firefighters are providing lifesaving training for the Avon Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD). The Avon volunteers are in the process of certifying and recertifying all their members in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including using an automated external defibrillator (AED). The UConn firefighters are providing the training free of charge at a savings of approximately $3,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve always appreciated the strength of our relationship with the UConn Fire Department<\/a>,\u201d says AVFD Chief Michael Trick. \u201cThe value UConn\u2019s emergency responders deliver to the Farmington Valley is immeasurable, and their donation is an incredible contribution to our partnership, serving to better equip our members with critical knowledge and tools when we respond to calls.\u201d<\/p>\n

Staffed entirely by volunteers, the AVFD has 155 members \u2013 including 68 firefighters. It provides CPR\/AED certification training for all its firefighters every two years. Members are trained to the level of professional rescuer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe CPR\/AED training really serves a dual purpose,\u201d says AVFD Capt. Chris Kunzelmann. \u201cWith cardiac death as the number one killer of firefighters, we are learning how to save ourselves. But also, though it\u2019s not our primary mission to provide medical services, we are arming ourselves with invaluable skills to better serve our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

When presented with the chance to help the AVFD, the UConn Fire Department didn\u2019t think twice. Most of the department\u2019s members are certified to teach CPR and six immediately stepped up to instruct AVFD members.<\/p>\n

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Eric Colantonio providing instruction to AVFD Capt. Chris Kunzelmann (left) and AVFD Firefighters Jim Speich (back, right) and Jeff Petersen (front, right). (Laura Phillips Ward for UConn Health Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled for the opportunity to expand upon the way we serve the Farmington Valley by giving back to the Avon community in such a direct way,\u201d says UConn Fire Department Capt. Christopher Brewer. \u201cTraining is UConn\u2019s mission. Volunteering our services to train a volunteer fire department we work with day in and day out is a win-win. We\u2019re with these guys on calls all the time \u2013 they help us and we help them.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Health Center firefighters are providing lifesaving training for the Avon Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD). The Avon volunteers are in the process of certifying and recertifying all their members in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), including using an automated external defibrillator (AED). The UConn firefighters are providing the training free of charge at a savings of approximately $3,000. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[96],"class_list":["post-41269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uconn-health","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 06:49:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41269"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43111,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41269\/revisions\/43111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41269"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=41269"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=41269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}