The American Heart Association celebrated National CPR and AED Awareness Week, June 1 to 7, by donating CPR in Schools training kits to 12 school districts throughout central Pennsylvania, including Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) School District. The kit donated to L-S was sponsored by Vercusky Painting.

Developed by the American Heart Association, the portable training kits contain inflatable manikins, AED training simulators, kneel mats, instructional DVDs, facilitator guides and cleaning materials. They are designed to help educators facilitate CPR training in a single class period and to be reused to train an entire school.

CPR, especially if performed immediately, could double or triple a cardiac arrest victim's chance of survival, according to the American Heart Association. In 2019, the American Heart Association advocated for passage of legislation that ensures all Pennsylvania high school students are trained in Hands-Only CPR.

Learn how to perform Hands-Only CPR or find a CPR training class at http://www.heart.org/cpr.