This study of the American Heart Association's (AHA) Family and Friends™ CPR Anytime™ self learning kit was conducted in a school system in central Connecticut. Convenience sampling of volunteers who had not been trained in CPR in the previous five years produced 14 intervention and 4 control participants. Nine intervention participants completed CPR skills testing as did three from the control group. Participants' skills were assessed through testing by two AHA CPR instructors using the AHA Heartsaver CPR Skills Checklist. No participant was able to correctly complete all required skills test components. Participants had the kits six to seven weeks prior to unannounced testing. Most participants reported practicing with the kit 10 minutes or less and more than half practiced once or less. Further study is recommended to determine if group introduction training or external incentives such as CPR certification will improve learner use of the kit and CPR competency.