Jan 10, 2012 2:14 PM
Fredi Persico and Hunter Reynolds observe as Burke Gonzalez
goes through his CPR drill. KYRIL BROMLEY PHOTOS
Kneeling on mats on the gym floor, Springs School eighth-graders circled mannequins as Pierson High School students coached them in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in using defibrillators last Thursday.
“Push analyze,” the robotic voice of one defibrillator instructed. A Springs student pressed the “analyze” button.
“Shock advised,” the defibrillator said. “Stand clear, push to shock.”
“Start CPR.”
“Make sure your elbows are locked,” Katrina Cafiso, a senior at Pierson, advised a Springs boy who was doing compressions on a mannequin’s chest, “and that you’re not going too fast.”
“Back up. You want to go down two inches.”
By the end of the day, about a dozen already-certified Pierson students and their teacher, Susan Denis, had helped 67 Springs students earn American Heart Association certification in CPR and AED, or automated external defibrillator, techniques. That means that virtually... more
“Push analyze,” the robotic voice of one defibrillator instructed. A Springs student pressed the “analyze” button.
“Shock advised,” the defibrillator said. “Stand clear, push to shock.”
“Start CPR.”
“Make sure your elbows are locked,” Katrina Cafiso, a senior at Pierson, advised a Springs boy who was doing compressions on a mannequin’s chest, “and that you’re not going too fast.”
“Back up. You want to go down two inches.”
By the end of the day, about a dozen already-certified Pierson students and their teacher, Susan Denis, had helped 67 Springs students earn American Heart Association certification in CPR and AED, or automated external defibrillator, techniques. That means that virtually... more
