Heart Walk event this Saturday

“Heart Walk 1999,” organized by the Metro King County Division of the American Heart Association, will have events beginning and ending on campus Saturday, Oct. 9. More than 2,000 participants are expected. In addition to the walking events, CPR training will be offered in the HUB.

UW Medical Center and Harborview Medical Center are among the event sponsors. Individuals and company teams collect donations and then walk either a 3-mile or a 4.5-mile course. Both courses begin and end on campus. Registration is at the HUB and walkers can register on site at 8:30 a.m. Walking begins at 9.

Free 90-minute CPR classes will be offered all day in the HUB. Dr. Mickey Eisenberg, head of UW Medical Center’s Emergency Medicine Service and of the Division of Emergency Medicine, has endorsed the mass training. “The more people who know CPR, the more lives will be saved in the future,” he said.

To pre-register for a CPR class, call 1-888-CPR-LINE. For more information, call (206) 525-7665.