LITTLE CHUTE, WI (WTAQ) – High School Students are learning how to save lives.
Little Chute Career Pathway students are learning Hands-Only CPR and are learning how to teach it to others.
“About 30 students joined us which exceeded our expectations.”
Kelli VanderWielen, with the American Heart Association, was at the school Thursday as part of a two-day experience and said the students learned two main things.
“Call 911 and press hard and fast and concentrate on 100 to 120 beat per minute.
She says if you can think of or hum Stayin Alive by the Bee Gees or Walk the Line by Johnny Cash, the beat of both songs is the pace needed to be effective. Other examples are Crazy in Love by Beyonce and Hips Don’t Lie by Shakira.
People feel more comfortable performing Hands-Only CPR and are more likely to remember the correct rate when trained to the beat of a familiar song.
According to the American Heart Association, when a person has a cardiac arrest, survival depends on immediately receiving CPR from someone nearby.
Once they learn how to administer Hands-Only CPR, the students plan to build a program in the Fox Cities where they become the teachers.
“These students have proven that they are ready to take action and be a resource in the community to help others understand what this is and how they can save someone.”
The skill is needed everywhere.
Studies show about 70 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests happen in homes.
