Okla. High Schools Get CPR Kits
July 29--Moore high schools are the second set of schools to receive CPR in Schools kits donated by Norman Regional Health System.
The schools were given three American Heart Association kits during the July 13 Moore Public Schools board of education meeting, according to a news release.
"We are teaching the next generation of life-savers -- trained students save lives," said Debbie Hite, AHA senior executive director. "A CPR in School Training Kit is designed to train 10 to 20 students at once, and comes with everything needed to quickly and easily teach students."
More than 326,000 people experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital every year.
About 90 percent of the victims die, often because bystanders don't know how to start CPR or are afraid they will do something wrong.
When people, not just doctors and EMTs, are equipped with the skills to perform CPR, the survival rate can double, or even triple, according to the American Heart Association.
Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, Oklahoma will require CPR training prior to high school graduation. The CPR in Schools bill, House Bill 1378, was signed into law in May 2014, making Oklahoma the 16th state to implement the graduation requirement.
Central Oklahoma has 224 high schools with more than 38,000 seniors who will be CPR-trained every year.
Learn how other schools are training their students to be lifesavers at www.heart.org/CPRinSchools.
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