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...regards to your December 10, 1996 news feature, "Students Ride With Ambulances, Give Medical Care." This was an informative article on an outstanding program. Every student that has participated in this program has done exceptional work. In the past few days, Harvard students participating in this program have done CPR in an attempt to save a victim, played a valuable role in our operations at the scene of a seven alarm fire with injuries and 30 displaced victims, and responded to various other emergencies...
...students who work with Pro as "third riders" are required to have CPR certification before joining the program, and must also sign a waiver form releasing Pro from liabilities in case of injury...
According to Bennett, the biggest change in the program during the past five years has been a greater emphasis on teaching CPR skills to interested students at Harvard...
...changed it is that we've tried to teach CPR more frequently," Bennett says. "We've trained five extra CPR instructors and we'll be teaching the course more next semester...
...years, Dugan knows firsthand that most people die from cardiac arrest before they reach the hospital. With the help of his wife and four children, he began Start-a-Heart Save-a-Heart, a community prevention-and-education program, in which 42,500 volunteers have become certified in CPR since 1978. "Anyone who can read can learn CPR," says Dugan. "Life is precious, and CPR and prevention save precious lives...