Students CPR Certified

By Alicia Pena and Amari Villa

Through the first two weeks of February, Mrs. Ackerman’s Health Care Occupations class at Roswell High School took a CPR Course. The students learned everything they should know about CPR. They got to practice situations where they would have to perform CPR on someone. They practiced on infant and adult dummies and even got to use an AED to get a feel of how to use it. By the end of the course, the students said they felt confident they could give CPR to someone who needed it. Many students talked about working with dummies and giving compression to adults as one of the hardest parts. Some students struggled to give compressions to the right depth, which is one of the struggles of working with a dummy.

Becoming CPR certified in a little amount of time, was a great opportunity for the Health Care Occupation classes. The students know everything they should about giving CPR. Including rate-ratio, the depth for adults, children, and infants. As well as showing how to use an AED, knowing their limitations, and how to make sure they are giving effective breaths.

The Health Care Occupations class has already learned how to check Blood Pressure, Pulse, and Respiration. The class is now learning how to check their glucose, find veins, and draw blood.