Spokane Community College is hosting a free Family Health Fair tomorrow, May 17th, in the Lair. Health screenings will be available as well as assistance with other health resources. 

Free dental, blood pressure, glucose will be available and bone density screenings will be offered for $15. No appointments are necessary for these tests, but if you would like a mammogram you will need to schedule first.

The Second Harvest Mobile Food Bank will be at the fair as well. DSHS Mobile will be providing in-person assistance with applying for state benefits and the Spokane Fire Department will be training on CPR. In addition to health services resources, there will be free activities for kids.

• SCC free Family Health Fair, Thursday, May 17th, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
• To schedule a mammogram call 1-877-474-2400

AMR Spokane wants you to learn CPR, and on May 22nd they'll train you for free. 

AMR Spokane is joining American Medical Response teams across the nation to train as many people as possible in compression-only CPR. In partnership with Spokane Fire Department, Providence Health Care and Spokane Heart Rescue, AMR instructors will be teaching this life saving skill all day on May 22nd at the Spokane Arena. 

"While first responders often arrive on the scene of an emergency within minutes, we want to remind everyone that during a cardiac arrest, seconds can be critical," said Cathy St. Amand, Training Coordinator of AMR Spokane. 

Compression-only CPR only takes a few minutes to learn and can help keep a cardiac arrest victim alive until first responders can arrive. AMR hopes that this event will help make the community a safer place to live.

You can learn compression-only CPR at the Spokane Arena on May 22nd from 6am-7pm.

On Saturday, April 27th, police departments across the region will be hosting drug collections as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration's fifth National Drug Take Back Day.

The DEA has collected over 1,000 tons of unused and expired prescription drugs over the last three years. The take back day was started to get the public more involved in the prevention of prescription drug abuse.

Unused prescription drugs in homes are considered a public health and safety concern by the DEA. According to the DEA this is because the drugs are “highly susceptible to accidental ingestion, diversion, misuse and abuse”.

A survey done by the DEA found that the majority of abuses get their prescription drugs through friends and family. Often times it's as simple as raiding the medicine cabinet. Americans currently abuse more prescription drugs than those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined.