Prince George's County offers Spanish-language CPR class in Landover Hills

Prince George’s County is trying to close a life-or-death access gap by offering CPR training in Spanish for residents who may have been left out of emergency instruction because of language barriers. The class is set for June 9 at 6 p.m. at 4612 69th Avenue in Landover Hills, and registration is required.

The county announced the session June 4 through its Office of Community Relations, working with the Office of Emergency Management and Capital First Aid. County officials say Spanish CPR is a monthly, free program aimed at Spanish-speaking residents, part of a broader effort to make emergency preparedness easier to reach in neighborhoods where language access can determine whether help comes in time. The county’s outreach is especially relevant in Prince George’s, where the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the population at 970,374, Hispanic or Latino residents make up 23.9%, 30.7% of people age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, and 25.3% of residents are foreign-born.

That matters because CPR is often the difference between life and death in the first minutes after cardiac arrest. The American Heart Association says immediate CPR can double or triple a person’s chance of survival, and the American Red Cross says CPR was started in 49.7% of bystander-witnessed cardiac arrest events in the 2023 CARES report. The Red Cross also says people with bystander-witnessed cardiac arrest were more than three times more likely to survive, underscoring why a class in the language residents are most comfortable using can have a direct impact on survival.

Prince George’s County says its Language Access Compliance Program is intended to ensure equal access to government services in the language residents prefer, and the Office of Community Relations serves as the home of PGC311, connecting residents with government resources, agencies and personnel. The county has advertised similar Spanish-language CPR sessions before, including events on Feb. 18, 2025, June 17, 2025, Aug. 15, 2025 and Jan. 13, 2026, showing that this training has become a recurring part of its public safety outreach rather than a one-time effort.

Capital First Aid, the county’s training partner, describes itself as a CPR and first aid training company based in the Washington, D.C. metro area. For families in Landover Hills and across Prince George’s, the class offers something practical and immediate: a chance to learn lifesaving skills without having to translate the lesson first.