AMR Spokane wants you to learn CPR, and on May 22nd they'll train you for free. 

AMR Spokane is joining American Medical Response teams across the nation to train as many people as possible in compression-only CPR. In partnership with Spokane Fire Department, Providence Health Care and Spokane Heart Rescue, AMR instructors will be teaching this life saving skill all day on May 22nd at the Spokane Arena. 

"While first responders often arrive on the scene of an emergency within minutes, we want to remind everyone that during a cardiac arrest, seconds can be critical," said Cathy St. Amand, Training Coordinator of AMR Spokane. 

Compression-only CPR only takes a few minutes to learn and can help keep a cardiac arrest victim alive until first responders can arrive. AMR hopes that this event will help make the community a safer place to live.

You can learn compression-only CPR at the Spokane Arena on May 22nd from 6am-7pm.

On Saturday, April 27th, police departments across the region will be hosting drug collections as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's fifth National Drug Take Back Day.

The DEA has collected over 1,000 tons of unused and expired prescription drugs over the last three years. The take back day was started to get the public more involved in the prevention of prescription drug abuse.

Unused prescription drugs in homes are considered a public health and safety concern by the DEA. According to the DEA this is because the drugs are “highly susceptible to accidental ingestion, diversion, misuse and abuse”.

A survey done by the DEA found that the majority of abuses get their prescription drugs through friends and family. Often times it's as simple as raiding the medicine cabinet. Americans currently abuse more prescription drugs than those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined.

The state of Washington fared better than most in the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2013 report.

The report measures state and federal efforts to enact regulations and legislation that limit access to tobacco.

Washington received an F in Tobacco Prevention and Control Program funding - 41 states and Washington, D.C., also failed that category.

"A struggling economy and weak revenue forecasts continued in 2012, dashing hopes of re-establishing Washington's once successful tobacco prevention and control program," the report said. "The prgram was victim to regular cuts and was completely eliminated at the end of the 2011 legislative session leaving Washington as one of the only states without quitline services available for residents throughout the state.