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CPR in Schools Program Seeking Additional Schools for Training, School Kits
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | August 15, 2017
The CPR in Wisconsin Schools Program, through funding provided by the Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Endowment Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program (HWPP), is a joint effort between the Medical College of Wisconsin and Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) #7 in collaboration with the American Heart Association and a number of other Wisconsin-based groups. The program is dedicated to increasing sudden cardiac arrest survival by making sure all Wisconsin students are trained to perform high-quality CPR. The program builds the infrastructure for schools to provide ongoing high-quality, hands-only CPR training and develops best practices for school-based training programs.
We are currently recruiting additional public and private schools to receive educator training, CPR in Schools Training Kits, and assistance with finding local healthcare partners to help with student training. Educators are invited to attend a training session at a near-by CESA; the training provides an overview of CPR, links to training resources, and ideas for classroom management and setup.
There is no charge to attend the training and some schools will qualify to receive a stipend to cover substitute teacher costs. CPR in Schools kits will be provided at low or no cost to each school, depending on the percentage of students in the school who receive free or reduced costs lunches. The kits include 10 inflatable manikins and a training DVD to ensure that all students physically practice how to perform CPR. Finally, we will help teachers identify training partners from the local community to be student role models in the classroom and to discuss their real-world experiences with performing CPR.
Once a school joins the program, their teachers will receive quarterly newsletters with updates and lessons learned to improve their future CPR training sessions. Cardiac arrest causes over 6,500 deaths annually in Wisconsin and the likelihood of survival is 10%. When bystanders immediately provide CPR to a victim, survival rates double or triple. This program hopes to improve cardiac arrest survival in Wisconsin by ensuring that everyone who graduates from high school has been trained to provide high-quality CPR. Training sessions will begin again in the fall and any school that would like to participate should contact Kelli Mincheski at 920-617-5616 or kmincheski@cesa7.org.
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