Rescue Ready Academy

10/17/2026

If someone collapses in front of you, you have three jobs.

1. Call 911.
2. Push hard and fast in the center of the chest.
3. Get the AED, turn it on, and do what it tells you.

We'll walk you through all three at the Pueblo Farmers Market this morning, with a manikin and an AED trainer. Mineral Palace Park, 7:30 AM to noon. Free, and no sign-up.

Educational, not a substitute for hands-on certified training.

10/10/2026

Two places to find us today.

Pueblo Farmers Market at Mineral Palace Park, 7:30 AM to noon.

Grassroots Gravel at 120 Riverwalk Pl, 11 AM to 6 PM. If you're down at the races, find us at the expo.

Both tables are free. Put your hands on a manikin, push, and learn how an AED works. Then scan our code before you leave for a chance at a $50 Amazon gift card.

10/09/2026

Free CPR training starts today in Pueblo.

October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month. All month we're running a free table where you can practice CPR on a manikin and learn how an AED works. No cost and no sign-up. Walk up whenever you're there.

Grassroots Gravel, 120 Riverwalk Pl
Fri, Oct 9, 2 to 6 PM
Sat, Oct 10, 11 AM to 6 PM

Pueblo Farmers Market, Mineral Palace Park
Saturdays, Oct 10, 17, 24 and 31, 7:30 AM to noon

Scan the code at our table to enter to win a $50 Amazon gift card.

We're a host for Ready to Respond, a national campaign by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. More dates and places are coming.

sca-aware.org/readytorespond

09/16/2026

We will be hosting these events at the Pueblo Farmers Market in October! Spend a few minutes learning these important skills then pickup some awesome local crafts and foods!

09/11/2026

Get Ready to Respond with two free webinars designed to help you plan, promote, and lead a successful hands-only CPR & AED training in your community!

Ready to Promote | September 17 at 1:00 PM ET
Join SCAF National Spokesperson and award-winning news anchor Susan Koeppen to learn practical strategies for promoting your training, gaining local media attention, and engaging more people in your community.

Ready to Train | September 24 at 1:00 PM ET
Hear from Ankur Doshi, MD, and Joe Farrell, DPT, as they share tips for teaching hands-only CPR, demonstrating AED use, engaging participants, and creating an effective training experience.

Whether you're hosting your first Ready to Respond training or have participated before, these webinars will give you the tools and confidence to make your October event a success.

Learn more and register here: https://www.sca-aware.org/our-programs/upcoming-events

08/28/2026

Siblings Rocio, Rosaura and Roberto Padilla are continuing their father's legacy at Padilla Produce in Manzanola, growing melons, vegetables and hope in one of Colorado's poorest counties.

08/22/2026

Pueblo is headed for 97 today.

Two heat problems look alike out there, and telling them apart decides whether you hand someone water or call 911.

Heat exhaustion is heavy sweating, thirst, headache, nausea, dizziness, weakness. Get them into shade, get the extra clothing off, cool them with cold compresses, small sips of cool water.

Heat stroke is confusion, slurred speech, loss of consciousness, seizures. Skin can be hot and dry or still soaking wet, so sweating does not rule it out. That one is 911.

The tell is the head, not the sweat.

Start cooling before the ambulance gets there. NIOSH says to move them to shade, get the outer clothing off, wet the skin, and put cold wet cloths or ice on the head, neck, armpits and groin.

We're at Mineral Palace Park until noon. Water and sunscreen at the hydration tent, help yourself.

References
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. (2026, March 3). Heat-related illnesses. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/heat-stress/about/illnesses.html
National Weather Service. (2026, August 22). Point forecast: Pueblo, CO. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.2544&lon=-104.6091

iamrescueready.com

08/15/2026

Saturday morning at Mineral Palace Park. The market runs 7:30 to noon.

Our hydration tent is up. Water and sunscreen — help yourself.

Stop by if you have CPR questions — what a class actually involves, whether the card your employer is asking for is the one we teach, how long it takes. We're glad to walk you through it.

Rescue Ready Academy — CPR, AED and first aid training right here in Pueblo.

08/09/2026

Look at some of what we got at the Pueblo Farmers Market this weekend!

Peppers, squash, broccoli, cucumbers, beets, corn - all from the Valley Roots Food Hub booth, grown by Colorado farmers.

We spend our week teaching people what to do on somebody's worst day. But being rescue ready isn't only the training. It's the ordinary stuff too. What ends up in the fridge, the walk you take, looking after the heart you've got so you can help with someone else's.

Mineral Palace Park, Saturday mornings, 7:30 to noon. Go early and get some veggies!

And when you want the hands-on part, our CPR and first aid classes are right here in Pueblo.

08/09/2026

Let's go Pueblo! Can we get them to #1??

https://markets.farmland.org/markets/313749

🌻 PUEBLO, WE’RE IN 2ND PLACE!

The Pueblo Farmers Market is currently sitting at #2 in the entire state of Colorado in the 2026 American Farmers Market Celebration hosted by American Farmland Trust!

And for a market like ours, that’s pretty incredible.

We’re the underdog competing against some much larger and more established markets in Colorado’s biggest cities. But Pueblo has shown time and time again that when we rally together, we can make some noise. 📣

Now, we’re asking our Market Maniacs to help us make a push for the #1 spot in Colorado!

The first-place market will receive part of a $15,000 prize, which would help us take our Cultivating Community efforts to the next level and invest even more in our vendors, shoppers and our community here in Pueblo next season!

Have you voted yet?

👇 If not, cast your vote for Pueblo Farmers Market:
https://markets.farmland.org/markets/313749

And don’t stop there!

Tag your friends in the comments. Share this post. Send it to your family. Help us spread the word beyond our usual Market Maniacs and bring more Pueblo voices into the fight for #1.

Let’s show Colorado what happens when a community gets behind its farmers market! 🍅