Carolyn Tomao, owner of ABC CPR Services, Inc. has always cared deeply about empowering people to take action when someone is in need.
“It’s important to me to educate people both on saving a life and also preventing lifelong disability,” Carolyn says, “With a few simple skills, family and friends can enormously improve outcomes when someone is experiencing a stroke, heart attack, or other life threatening emergencies –precious minutes can be saved when those on hand know the right steps to take.”
Carolyn, herself has been a registered nurse for 20 plus years and took the AHA Instructor course in 1995. She first trained her own friends, family and colleagues. Seeing the gap between the number of those in her community who needed to learn the skills and the amount of courses available, Carolyn jumped to fill the need and launched ABC CPR Services in 1996.
Carolyn’s background is a registered nurse specializing in cardiac care, currently working as admission nurse part-time in the Emergency room setting. She has just completed her Masters in Public Health from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and has a Bachelors in Nursing from Framingham State College.
MaryAnn Williamson is the “go-to” person for ABC CPR’s business office. She handles client accounts, billing, and all bookkeeping responsibilities. Her 20+ years of office management keep her unfazed by any situation.
MaryAnn’s friendliness and accessibility keep the ABC CPR office cheerful and welcoming. She recently completed the instructor course and finds it very rewarding to take part in Carolyn’s important mission.
Susan Chicco As the Training Center Coordinator for ABC CPR Services, she is responsible for maintaining the instructor data base, which currently consists of approximately 240 instructors and growing! She keeps instructors current on all American Heart Association/ABC CPR policies and sends updates regularly via an ABC CPR newsletter.
She also maintains the data base for all classes taught by ABC CPR instructors, processes certification cards, manages the website and assists in marketing. In addition to this, she is also a certified BLS instructor herself and teaches for ABC CPR Services.
Susan is the “go-to” resource person for ABC CPR and welcomes questions regarding: instructor courses, mentoring, card replacement and AHA/ABC CPR policies.
