One women’s near death experience leads to CPR training at SPCC

Richmond County Daily Journal

One women’s near death experience leads to CPR training at SPCC

After near-death experience, Waxhaw woman enrolled at South Piedmont. She’s since trained more than 2,500 people to do CPR. Ten years ago, Karen Ledford nearly died of cardiac arrest. She collapsed in her home. Her husband called 911 and neighbors for help. Her neighbors performed CPR until paramedics arrived. Karen was unresponsive for 30 minutes before she regained a pulse. When she recovered, she was determined to use her near-death experienc…