Owasso High School Receives CPR in Schools Kit from
American Heart Association and Spirit AeroSystems
Pictured: Matt T. Roberts, Owasso High School Principal, Maranda Figueroa, Senior Heart Walk Director for the American Heart Association and Owasso High School students.
Owasso – The American Heart Association presented Owasso High School with a CPR in Schools Kit thanks to a grant from Spirit AeroSystems. Each training kit is designed to teach the core skills of CPR in less than 30 minutes and serve as a sustainable resource for hundreds of students.
This donation comes just one year after the State of Oklahoma signed the CPR in Schools bill into law requiring all Oklahoma students to have CPR training prior to high school graduation beginning in the 2015-16 school year.
“We are so grateful to have Spirit AeroSystems partner with us to provide these resources for our local schools. These kits will equip hundreds of students, each year, with this lifesaving skill,” said Maranda Figueroa, Senior Heart Walk Director.
“Heart disease is still our nation’s number one killer,” said Bill Brown, senior vice president and general manager of Spirit’s Oklahoma operations. “So we support the American Heart Association’s efforts to promote life-saving education on CPR. We’re glad they can put these funds to use in our local high schools.”
Nearly 424,000 out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests occur annually, with less than 11 percent of victims surviving. Many victims appear healthy with no known heart disease or other risk factors. A sudden cardiac arrest is not the same as a heart attack; it occurs when electrical impulses in the heart become rapid or chaotic, which causes the heart to suddenly stop beating. It is because of these reasons that the American Heart Association is working tirelessly to make sure the bystander rate in Oklahoma increases and more people are educated on how to accurately and successfully perform CPR.
