The American Heart Association, a relentless force changing the future of health for everyone everywhere, on Oct. 28 launched and held a ribbon cutting for the region’s first Hands-Only CPR training kiosk at Farmingdale State College, SUNY. The kiosk, located at Nold Hall, marks the first of its kind in the New York metropolitan area and is sponsored by Webster Bank.
Survivor and advocates pose with the American Heart Association’s new mobile Hands-Only CPR training kiosk, launched at Farmingdale State College, SUNY, and sponsored by Webster Bank. The kiosk, located at Nold Hall, is the first of its kind in the New York metropolitan area. L-R: Dr. Robert Prezant, Farmingdale State College president; Karen Acompora, heart advocate and AED awareness champion; Joe Gaskin, referee and cardiac arrest survivor; Kathleen Stanley, executive managing director for commercial banking at Webster Bank and chairperson of the American Heart Association Long Island Board; Tara Schneider, American Heart Association on Long Island executive director; and Melinda Murray-Nyack, heart advocate and CPR awareness champion.
