PRESS RELEASES - NOVEMBER 2007

November 2, 2007

Learning How to Save Lives
CPR Training Exercise is Monday, Nov. 5 at Hutcheson Junior High School

Who: City of Arlington

What: Continues CPR training

When: Monday, Nov. 5, 2007

Where: Hutcheson Junior High School, 2101 Browning, Arlington, 76010

Why: To teach life-saving techniques, CPR, to about 400 eighth-grade students and staff. School assembly will begin at 9 a.m. featuring AISD Superintendent Mac Bernd, Hutcheson Junior High School Principal Rose Bolden, Fire Chief Robin Paulsgrove, District 5 Arlington City Council member Lana Wolff and Mayor Robert Cluck.

CPR Training in the small gymnasium begins at 9:20 a.m. and will continue throughout the entire day. At the end of the day, students are instructed to take their Family & Friends CPR Anytime kits home in order to share what they have learned with their family members and/or friends.

Background
CPR training is part of the CPaRlington initiative, which was launched in 2006. The goal of the five-year program is to train 10 percent of the population or approximately 36,000 Arlington residents using a self-directed training program that teaches CPR in 22 minutes. To date, over 10,000 residents have completed CPR training. More training sessions are being planned.

The American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical, a leading supplier of emergency medical products, have partnered with the City to make Family & Friends CPR Anytime kits available for individual and group purchases.

Learn CPR. Get involved. Support CPaRlington. Visit the City of Arlington website or call or e-mail Tiffany Jenkins at 817-459-5555 or Tiffany.Jenkins@arlingtontx.gov.