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The Irish Heart Foundation’s Martin Ryan presents Newport College students with their CPR 4 Schools award, along with principal Donal Madden and teacher Jane Keating
The Irish Heart Foundation has presented two Tipperary schools with awards for training its students in the lifesaving skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Newport College and Presentation Secondary School in Clonmel both received CPR 4 Schools awards, which recognise schools, teachers and students for remarkable efforts in CPR promotion and training.
They were presented recently as part of the Irish Heart Foundation’s national CPR 4 Schools programme, in which 86% of post-primary schools in Ireland are now trained.
The charity is creating a generation of life savers by training post-primary school students around the country to perform CPR and respond in a cardiac emergency, use an AED (defibrillator) and respond when someone is choking.
Newport College received a Special Recognition award from the Irish Heart Foundation after all its pupils were trained in CPR after the Easter break.
Presentation Secondary received a Heroes award from the national heart and stroke charity after its transition year students used their own CPR knowledge and skills to train the school’s first years.
Katherine Scott, Acting Children and Young People Programme Manager with the Irish Heart Foundation, said: “We are delighted to award Newport College and Presentation Secondary School their CPR 4 Schools Award in recognition of their dedication in providing lifesaving CPR training to their students and staff.
“Over 70% of cardiac arrests happen in a domestic setting. We know schools are an ideal place to educate young people in CPR and reduce the incidences of death from cardiac arrest.
“All schools have done tremendous work in creating awareness and taking the fear out of lifesaving.
“CPR is a lifesaving skill that everyone can learn, and this programme is available to every post primary school in Ireland, equipping young people with the skills and confidence to perform it.
“We would like to train more post-primary schools and are encouraging teachers to attend our free training courses.”
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