PRESS RELEASES - APRIL 2008

April 21, 2008

Junior High School Eighth Graders to Learn CPR
Large-Scale Training Exercise is Friday, April 25

Who: City of Arlington, Fire Department and Dispatch Services along with AMR, CareFlite Emergency Care and Arlington Memorial Hospital

What: Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Training for 500 Junior High Students

When: 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 25, 2008

Where: Barnett Junior High, 2101 E. Sublett Road, 76018

Why: To train students in CPR and promote a healthier, safer Arlington

Format and Timeline:
Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck, Assistant Fire Chief Don Crowson, Arlington Independent School District Superintendent Hector Montenegro and District 3 City Council Member Robert Rivera will open with a general assembly. At 9 a.m. inside the gymnasium, students will view an instructional DVD walking them through each step of CPR training, use a mannequin to do chest compressions and practice rescue breathing. After receiving their training, the eighth-graders will go into seventh-grade classrooms to demonstrate the CPR techniques they’ve just learned. There’s also a homework assignment. The Mayor is asking each student to take what they’ve learned home to teach their families and friends.
Did You Know?
The City of Arlington has set a five-year goal to train 10 percent of its population or approximately 36,000 residents in CPR, using a self-directed training program that teaches CPR in 22 minutes. Since the program was launched in April 2006, more than 14,000 residents have learned this valuable life-saving skill. The annual goal is about 7,000 residents. Laerdal Medical, a leading supplier of emergency medical products, has CPR Anytime Kits available for individual and group purchases.

For more information about CPaRlington, visit the City of Arlington web site at arlingtontx.gov or cparlington.org or call the Arlington Fire Department at 817-459-5500.