Instructor Mike McCarthy explains how to properly open the passageway for breathing.

Michele Rodda (left) and Joanne Murphy hope they’ll never have to initiate CPR on a real person. But just in case, both said they wanted to be prepared. –Bee Photos, Bigham

Instructor Harold Evans fields questions from participants at this past weekend’s “CPR Saturday.”

Participants listen intently as instructor BJ Halstead (back to camera) explains the CPR basics.