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Teen in Missouri saves Baby with CPR in Walmart

by Paul -

Another teenage hero has saved a life thanks to the CPR she learned in high school. Hillsboro High School student Abby Snodgrass was in a Walmart dressing room when she heard a distressed mother call for help. Abby ran from the dressing room and found a crowd gathered around a mother with an 11-month-old infant girl. The child’s mother was panicked …

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Plant High School Staff saves Student after Collapse on Race Track

by Elizabeth Shaw -

During a physical education test, a 16-year-old student dropped on the race track of Plant High School in Tampa, Florida. The first witness to the accident was Carrie Mahon, a coach of 12 years at the high school, notes that this is a first for her; she’s never seen a student fall over unresponsive before.  “We got on the radio …

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CPR Success: Teenage girl saves motorcyclist

by Elizabeth Shaw -

Help came just in time for a Minnesota motorcyclist. Liz Lindgren, a soft spoken but courageous student from Champlin Park High School, was driving with her family to her sister’s school. They were  going through a curve in the road when a motorcycle in front of them switched lanes, turned too quickly, and his muffler hit the ground. Liz said, “he …

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Student saves Brother with CPR learned in High School

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Another great story about a high school student putting their CPR skills to the test.  Fifteen-year-old Derrick Kelson saved his brother Trevon a few weeks ago, after Trevon began to have a seizure which caused him to stop breathing.  Derrick had been playing a video game when another of his brothers ran downstairs to tell him that Trevon wasn’t breathing.  …

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Teen girl and her brother save their Father with CPR learned in High School

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In Kingston, Washington, two siblings performed CPR, and helped save their father’s life after he went into cardiac arrest in late April.  It was a Sunday afternoon and Mark Potter, 53, had been mowing the lawn.  His daughter Kyleigh, 14, came around a corner and found her father unconscious and not breathing.  He was sitting in a chair in the …