School Rescues
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Full-Court Press Leads To Winning Outcome
One Friday evening, Arrowhead High School students Josh Staus and Ty Wall were both cheering on their team from the student section of the bleachers, along with a couple hundred…
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A Game-Changing Volleyball Match
High school sophomore Cayden Brewer was having an uneventful day at Huntingdon High School, in Huntingdon, Tennessee. It was just like any other Monday until he arrived at gym class,…
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Elementary School Curriculum Includes Lifesaving Skills
Teachers Amber Lindsey and John Avianatos of Cherokee Elementary School in Paradise Valley, Arizona, regularly meet with parents of their third-grade students to celebrate student progress and share ways for…
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Quick Thinking Saves Beloved Teacher
“See you on Monday!” Principal Steve Bush said as he dismissed students during Friday afternoon pickup. “Have a good weekend.” It was the first weekend in October 2020 and there…
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LIFESAVING TEAMWORK IN CATASAUQUA
The warm weather put a spring in everyone’s step on a recent day in April 2022 at Sheckler Elementary in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania. By late morning, school nurse Jennifer Churetta had…
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Slam Dunk: AED helps rescue teen
When Officer Matthew Van Hall was dispatched to St. Louis Middle School, in St. Louis, Michigan, on a Friday evening for a cardiac arrest, he assumed he'd be rescuing an…
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AED Training Helps Save Teen Athlete
October 13, 2015 seemed like a normal evening at Loganville Christian Academy in Loganville, Ga. Eric and Lisa Crawford were in the spectator stands as their 17-year-old daughter, Claire, competed…
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Sixth-Inning Save
It was the bottom of the sixth inning on a sunny spring day in March. Grayson Selepes, a centerfielder for Byrnes High School, and his teammates were trying to hold…
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A school nurse’s toolkit: Masks, hand sanitizer, thermometer, and an AED
As one of only two school nurses serving a student population of nearly 600 kids, Doreen Allen Kellum takes an AED — along with a thermometer, ice packs, facemasks, and…
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Teamwork Saves Wrestling Coach’s Life
Assistant Wrestling Coach Steven Powell was demonstrating jump rope for Easton Area High School students in the wrestling room of the school. Able to jump 100 times in a mere…