Airway Heights CPR classes gives public emergency aid preparation

Eastern Washington University student Macey Brown practices 100 compressions on a mannequin. Once she is finished, her friend and Whitnie Whitman takes over and begins pushing on the mannequin.

Brown and Whitman were two Eastern Washington University students who attended the April 5 CPR and First Aid class, presented by Airway Heights Park and Recreation Department. The city will hold two more classes in 2014 to teach people the basics of how to perform CPR and administer first aid in emergencies.

Stephanie Regan, a member of the Airway Heights Fire Department, taught the class. Regan has had...