Did you know?
- Sudden cardia arrest is the leading cause of death in adults?
- CPR doubles a person's chance of survival from sudden cardiac arrest?
- About 60% of the heart attacks resulting in cardia arrest occur in the presence of a witness who might be able to save the victim?
When is this Taught?
- CPR is an 8th grade NC essential standard. Therefore, eighth grade teachers are required to conduct the CPR skills checklist with their students.
- To reduce the number of high school students who need to complete the CPR requirement, students will have the opportunity to conduct the CPR skills checklist t during the state required high school health and PE course for graduation.
How is this Taught?
- Give each student a copy of the CPR graduation Checklist (See form below)
- Give each student a copy of the AED handout (See form below)
- Have students watch How to Perform Hands Only CPR video
- Have students watch the Save-A-Life Simulator and talk or show the steps using an AED
- Instructor will go through each step on the CPR checklist with students. Students can check off the steps as they complete them.
- Teacher will circulate throughout the room monitoring and providing feedback to students while they perform the hands-only compressions.
- Once all students have 100% completed the instruction, teacher will provide completed documentation to PowerSchool data manager to record on student's transcript.
Resources:
1. Be the Beat: Fun, Interactive strategies to teach and implement CPR instruction into the classroom. Free hand-outs, posters, playlist of songs.
2. American Heart Association videos in different languages
2. American Heart Association videos in different languages
CPR Forms:
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