LA Mitigating Emergencies: Public Health Launches Life-Saving Skills Training and Councilmember McOsker Motion to Analyze Vincent Thomas bridge

Public Health Introduces Community Readiness Champions Initiative; More Than 500,000 County Residents Trained in Hands-Only CPR in 2023

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health in April is launching the Community Readiness Champions Initiative, a campaign aimed to train residents and workers in multiple essential life-saving skills.

This initiative includes Hands-only CPR/AED or Automated External Defibrillator awareness, STOP THE BLEED®, mental health first aid, and Naloxone training. The goal is to equip county residents and workers with lifesaving skills needed during emergencies or disasters where emergency services may be delayed.

A series of in-person and online trainings will be available for the public through Los Angeles County. For more information on the Community Readiness Champions Initiative, click here.  

This new initiative comes after 506,332 Los Angeles County residents were trained in hands-only CPR in 2023. 

For a full listing of the Los Angeles County Heart Heroes 2023 partner organizations, see the Los Angeles County Heart Heroes Partners List posted on the website.

Tim McOsker Policy Update

LOS ANGELES— The Port of LA is the busiest seaport in the Western Hemisphere. The Vincent Thomas Bridge, which opened in 1963, handles a daily traffic load of 53,000 vehicles, with 8.8% of that — or about 4,664 — being heavy trucks. In April, councilmember Mcosker introduced a motion calling for an analysis of the Vincent Thomas Bridge in an effort to prevent a tragedy similar to the one that brought down the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. McOsker is also calling for a report on the existing coordinated emergency planning response plans, should such an event similar to the collapse of the Baltimore bridge occur in the San Pedro Bay Complex.