Glendale Fire Department creates online CPR class for students
Video helps high school students meet requirements during school closure
Posted 4/13/20
During coronavirus precautions the Glendale Fire Department is stepping up to ensure that high school students can fulfill their graduation requirements.
Senate Bill 1137 went into effect July 1, …
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Glendale Fire Department creates online CPR class for students
Video helps high school students meet requirements during school closure
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As a fire department we take the responsibility of life safety very seriously. That doesn’t start and end with answering emergency calls. It includes education and safety messaging.”
Public information officer Ashley Losch
During coronavirus precautions the Glendale Fire Department is stepping up to ensure that high school students can fulfill their graduation requirements.
Senate Bill 1137 went into effect July 1, 2019, and states that high school seniors must complete a CPR class in order to graduate. Creating an online CPR and AED video not only fulfills their graduation requirement, but it could also be the difference between life and death, a Glendale Fire Department news release states.
According to the American Heart Association 69.5 percent of cardiac arrests happen at home. Students learning CPR gives them the knowledge and ability to save lives. Early CPR is the most critical part of the chain of survival for those who suffer a cardiac arrest, the department notes.
Prior to the pandemic, the Glendale Fire Department had been providing those classes to high schools across Glendale through public education programs.
“With schools being shut down we realized that it may become difficult for schools and students to fulfill that requirement,” the department stated in its news release. “Knowing that, we turned our CPR and AED class into a video which allows schools to share the link with students.”
Once students finish watching the video, they are asked to complete a short survey which gives teachers a way to keep track of who has completed the class.
“As a fire department we take the responsibility of life safety very seriously,” firefighter and public information officer Ashley Losch stated in the news release. “That doesn’t start and end with answering emergency calls. It includes education and safety messaging. Teaching people how to be safe and protect their families is an important part of what we do. This video is just another way for us to do that. If one life is saved, it is worth it.”
