Photos by Anngee Quinones-Belian/Staff Correspondent A first-aAid and CPR class was taught on Jan. 1 by registered nurse Amy Nelson at the N.C. Cooperative Extension building in Murphy. Nelson is with the N.C. Agromedicine Institute. About 20 people attended, each appearing interested in learning how to help save a life in an emergency situation. The agenda also included discussions about different types of farming equipment and accidents as well as how to avoid them, but how to treat if an accident does o
Danny Ferreira, digital skills educator with N.C. Cooperative Extension, participated in a first-aid and CPR class offered to the public on Jan. 15. The interactive class was about three hours long and used dummies, tourniquets and wound-packing supplies.
