US EditionTraining in life-saving skills including CPR now mandatory in P.E.I. high schools
- Starting in 2025, Prince Edward Island will require high school students to complete training in CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators, with a demonstration recently held at Colonel Gray High School.
- The initiative was launched through the efforts of emergency doctor Harrison Carmichael and the Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation, which partnered with school boards and secured approximately half of the required funding.
- Teachers across 15 schools received training to deliver skills including opioid overdose response, added at teachers' request for student preparedness.
- The program features training mannequins and AED units funded partly by community partners' $22,800 and provincial support, and Clarke said, "It doesn't take much to learn."
- Mandatory life-saving training equips students with practical skills supporting community health and reflects positive national feedback on empowering youth to save lives.
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By Michelle AndrewsWhen a woman collapsed on a escalator at Buffalo Airport in New York last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another passer-by placed her face up and checked her pulse (weak) and breathing (superficial and erratic). Then the woman stopped breathing completely. Realizing that she might be suffering from cardiac arrest, Clough immediately began to perform chest compressions, pressing hard and fast in the center of the che…
Training in life-saving skills including CPR now mandatory in P.E.I. high schools
Prince Edward Island high school students will now graduate with a new set of skills — the skills to save a life. CPR and automated external defibrillator training is now part of the curriculum across the Island.
The Hamilton Spectator
Minister of Education announces CPR, AED, and Opioid Overdose Response Training now mandatory part of the provincial curriculum
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation joined the Government of Prince Edward Island (PEI), and its partners at Colonel Gray Senior High School to launch the lifesaving CPR, AED, and…
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