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Forest Hill student urges wider CPR/AED training, placement in JPS cardiac emergency policy review
Summary
A Forest Hill High School student presented recommended revisions to the district's cardiac emergency response policy, urging broader CPR and AED training for staff and expanded AED placement in school buildings. Board members praised the work and signaled follow-up with district staff.
Eliza Keller, Forest Hill High School's student representative, presented the Jackson Public School District's proposed cardiac emergency response plan and recommended revisions at the board's regular meeting. The plan, Keller said, requires each school to keep a cardiac emergency response plan on file in the principal's office and to share the plan with local emergency response providers. "This policy states that each school shall have a cardiac emergency response plan on file in the principal office," Keller told the board.
Keller said the policy calls for appropriate school staff to be trained in first aid, CPR and AED use following evidence-based guidelines such as those from the American Heart Association, and that practice drills be held annually.…
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