Post by Logan on Jul 5, 2016 6:46:38 GMT -6
If you go into cardiac arrest, the person who saves you just might be a Kentucky high school student.
The Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill earlier this year to require all public high school students to receive basic CPR training.
The American Heart Association pushed for the legislation as a way to create generations of potential lifesavers in communities across the state, said Tonya Chang, the association's senior director of government relations in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Since eight of 10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the home, these high school students “may be called upon someday to save a family member,” she said.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/life/wellness/2016/07/02/cpr-required-kys-public-high-schools/86057154/
The Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill earlier this year to require all public high school students to receive basic CPR training.
The American Heart Association pushed for the legislation as a way to create generations of potential lifesavers in communities across the state, said Tonya Chang, the association's senior director of government relations in Kentucky and West Virginia.
Since eight of 10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the home, these high school students “may be called upon someday to save a family member,” she said.
Read more: www.courier-journal.com/story/life/wellness/2016/07/02/cpr-required-kys-public-high-schools/86057154/