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Church Hill debuts first-of-its-kind CPR training kiosk

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September 22, 2025

A free CPR training kiosk has been installed at The Market at 25th in the Church Hill neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, according to a Richmonder report. The machine provides hands-on, five-minute lessons in hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is the first of its kind in the state. It will rotate to other locations over the next three years.

The kiosk features a video program and a rubber mannequin torso for practice compressions. Users are given feedback on the depth, rate and hand placement of their compressions. The goal is to achieve a 70% passing score in a 30-second test.

Dr. Anika Hines, president of the American Heart Association of Central Virginia, noted that CPR is a critical skill that can be learned by children as young as nine. Hines also noted the disparities of CPR training among key social demographics. "Black adults and members of racial and ethnic minority groups actually are less likely to experience bystander CPR," Hines told the news outlet. "In addition, women are 22% less likely to receive bystander CPR and to survive cardiac arrest compared to men. These are due to factors such as fear and other factors like lack of education."

The kiosk, sponsored by Genworth, aims to make CPR training accessible to the community. According to the American Heart Association, a similar kiosk at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport has trained over 25,000 people since 2013. The goal for the kiosk is for at least one person in every household in the East End and Central Virginia to learn hands-only CPR.