Student CPR and defibrillator training program launches

Students are now better prepared to help save lives thanks to a new responder program.

Students at Comox's Highland Secondary demonstrate skills learned through the lifesaving program
Students at Comox’s Highland Secondary demonstrate skills learned through the lifesaving program

Sandra Clarke with the ACT Foundation says the life-saving CPR and defibrillator training program has been launched in public secondary schools across the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.

Clarke adds the program will ensure young people are empowered to save lives at school and outside in the community.

The ACT Foundation is working alongside BC Emergency Health Services, lead community partner RBC, and health partners AstraZeneca Canada, Pfizer Canada, and Sanofi Canada to get the program in every secondary school across the province.

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