CPR - should be mandatory in HS

nj2011mom
Sun, 09 Jan 2011 23:28:32 +0000

I’m just back from taking my 47yo neighbor to the ER tonight, having performed CPR on him. (I’ve been an EMT for 20+ years and have known CPR since we had it for a few week in gym frashman year in high school). It looks like he will make it, but if it wasn’t for the quick response of his wife performing CPR, the police arriving with an AED and the rest of the local EMS, I’m afraid it would be a different story.

How many high schools teach CPR in gym class? I’m planning to call our HS tomorrow and ask that it be taught, as the parents of HS age kids are the ones that are most likely to be saved if it’s witnessed.