Giant Pharmacy launches CPR certification program

Giant Food has launched its CPR Certification Program, a new service offered to local businesses and organizations. The program, offering two-year certifications led by Giant Food's certified pharmacists, will provide the skills to respond to life-threatening cardiac emergencies. The program, which will offer on-site training at your location, makes Giant the first community pharmacy to offer this type of service.

Program participants will learn to recognize and respond to cardiac emergencies and receive the most up-to-date guidelines for performing CPR, in accordance with recommendations from the American Heart Association. The course will teach the proper way to perform chest compressions, rescue breathing, and will cover the proper varying methods for adult, child and infant CPR plus AED training.  

According to recent research, survival rates triple when CPR is started within two minutes of an individual collapsing, however only 18% of Americans are up to date with CPR training, indicating a need for further education.

The CPR Certification Program is available for groups of six or more individuals starting at $69.99 per person. 

Giant is headquartered in Landover, Md. and operates 165 supermarkets in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia with approximately 20,000 associates.