City Hall to be closed Monday for Presidents Day Published: 10 February 2021 10 February 2021
Yuma, Arizona - Yuma City Hall will be closed Monday, February 15 for observance of Presidents Day.
Residential refuse collection for homes inside the Yuma city limits will change due to the holiday. City of Yuma residents who normally have their garbage picked up on Mondays will have collections on Tuesday. Those who have garbage pickups on Tuesdays will have collections on Wednesday.
Curbside recycling pickups will take place as normal on Thursday and Friday.
Additionally, the City’s Neighborhood Cleanup Program continues. In addition to completing collections in earlier areas, crews are expected to move into Area 4 in the coming week, which is from 8th Street to 16th Street and the East Main Canal to the west City limits.
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation in Focus Published: 10 February 2021 10 February 2021
Yuma, Arizona - Last week the Yuma Fire Department responded 14 times to reports of unconscious people, with several of them being in cardiac arrest and needing Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). In at least 4 cases bystanders were doing CPR when Paramedics arrived.
Would you know what to do if someone suddenly became unresponsive? According to the University of Arizona’s Sarver Heart Center, every year more than 160,000 people die of sudden cardiac arrest.
Cardiac arrest is a condition where the heart suddenly stops pumping blood. In many cases, the heart goes from a regular heartbeat to random twitching (called ventricular fibrillation). When a person is in cardiac arrest, circulation and blood pressure (and breathing) stop, and the person becomes unconscious. In this condition, quick action must be taken to increase a person’s chances of survival. These recommended actions are ofte
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