North Hills Eighth-Graders Learning How to Save a Life

In all eighth-grade health classes this fall and spring, students will spend a day being taught hands-only CPR by Ross and West View Emergency Services Association Training Coordinator Jen Swab. The simple maneuver is seen as an easy, lifesaving tool that can be provided by anyone witnessing an emergency situation. A total of 89 percent of people who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die because they don’t receive CPR immediately.

In addition to the training, each student will receive a CPR kit that includes a training DVD, CPR reminder cards and an inflatable dummy as part of the American Heart Association’s Family & Friends CPR Anytime program. The goal of the program is to educate students who can go home and use the materials provided to educate family and friends on hands-only CPR.

North Hills is one of six participating area school districts taking part in the program provided by the Passavant Hospital Foundation and the association.  The association provided a $70,798 grant to the local foundation to make the program possible for area students