Yves Cantin President of Westport Volunteer EMS
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| Jay Paretzky my mentor and training supervisor at Westport Volunteer EMS
1 year, 28 classes, 657 students taught.....................
WVEMS 7/1/14- 6/30/2015
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Westport EMS Awards Aug 9th 2015
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Aug 5th 2015 - Heart Bill signed into law by Governor Dannel Malloy
Aug 5th 2015, 4.40 pm
Today, I was amongst the lucky, privileged few that were invited to the attend the ceremonial bill signing of Public Act 15-94 -An act concerning the inclusion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, the safe use of social media and computer programming instruction in the public school curriculum.
It was such an amazing experience to be in the same room as people who have worked so hard to get this bill this far. On June 24th 2015, CT became the 24th state to pass the CPR in Schools Bill.
It was such an amazing experience to be in the same room as people who have worked so hard to get this bill this far. On June 24th 2015, CT became the 24th state to pass the CPR in Schools Bill.
Governor Malloy formally signed the bill today, and for each letter of his name he wrote, he used a different pen and kept passing out the pen that he finished writing with till each person in the room got one as a momento of this historical event. He started writing the numbers of the date once he ran out of the letters in his name just so everyone of us present there got a pen! (it was pretty funny haha) It was truly an unforgettable moment.
Students will now get hands on training in how to save a life before they graduate high school. A big thank you to everyone who's support, encouragement, and advocacy over the years made this possible.
July 30, 2015Dear Legislators and Stakeholders,Governor Malloy would like to invite you to attend the following bill signing ceremony:Ceremonial Bill Signing for Public Act 15-94An Act Concerning The Inclusion of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Training, the Safe Use of Social Media and Computer Programming Instruction in the Public School CurriculumWednesday, August 5th4:40pmTo confirm your attendance, please let me know by responding to this email or by calling either number below. Please note that this is not a public event and is by invitation only. If you would like to extend the invitation, please call or email me first.Thank you and we hope you will be able to attend the bill signing.EmmaEmma CiminoAssociate, Government AffairsOffice of Governor Dannel P. Malloy
JULY 2015
Trained 27 counselors and 5 staff of HYSC 2015, a 2 week sleepaway camp at the Hudson valley resort in upstate NY on 12th of July 2015
"Save a life" Project presentation 28th JUNE 2015
"Save a life" project presentation is on 28th of May Thursday at 12.30 pm in the Public forum room at Norwalk High.
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Hands only CPR Class - Choices for success 12th May 2015
May 12th 2015
Mr. Eric, he's already certified in CPR and AED.
ZOWIE-WOWIE - what a day at
Choices!
Thanks to our great NHS intern,
Mahika Jhangiani, her Mom, and her little brother Arnav, all of our students
got some 'hand only' CPR and AED training today at Choices.Everybody was super
excited about it AND about the fact that getting actual CPR and AED
CERTIFICATION if available for middle schoolers.
SO-OOOOO, thanks to a funder that
we located, we're going to pay to have all those Choices kids who want to learn
this life-saving training CERTIFIED through the American Heart Association
branch in Westport. They'll come to Choices to do the certification training so
it's going to be super convenient for everyone.
When? We're going to schedule this
training the last week of school, when we have a week full of half days.More
info to come, in the meantime, enjoy these pics - nice to know that our kids
are ready, willing and able to help with life-saving CPR and AED should an
emergency occur.
When? We're going to schedule this
training the last week of school, when we have a week full of half days.More
info to come, in the meantime, enjoy these pics - nice to know that our kids
are ready, willing and able to help with life-saving CPR and AED should an
emergency occur.
Here's the GANG - including our
practice dummies - at the end of today's 'hands off" CPR training! That's
Brayan and Isaiah displaying the portable AED device - hard to believe that
such a little machine can have such life-saving potential. Mahika is in the
front row, with the red polo shirt and long black hair. She's definitely one of
the best role models EVER! That's her younger brother Arnav, front right, with
the cast on his arm.
These 'skillful' hands belong to Nycole who was
great at administering the compressions.
William administering CPR as Andreas looks on
Mahika and her brother explaining
how and where to attached the shock pads for administering AED.
Alex, Mary (our future doctor), and
Abril learning how to use the AED unit.
L-R Andreas practicing on 'dummy'
with Alek, Oscar and Christopher looking on and checking the proper CPR hand
position.
Alek's turn to administer CPR with
Oscar looking on intently.
You know it's interesting stuff
when Sammy gets involved - here Sam is taking instruction from Mahika involving
the 'rhythm' of the compressions.
Setting up the AED machine was
really interesting - once you place the pads on the victims chest, you turn on
the AED machine and a 'voice' then leads you through the process. However,
everyone learned that when the shock is administered you need to "STAND
BACK," which means to remove all hand contact with the victim.
Kids don't usually pay THIS much
attention, but Mahika's presentation really had them listening.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Support Senate Bill 684
Students from the Westport EMS explorer post teaching CPR to their peers at Staples high school
on Thursday 4/2/15
If a High School Senior Can Teach Lifesaving CPR,
Why Can't a School?
Why Can't a School?
Mahika, a senior at Norwalk high School, is taking it upon herself to teach hands-only CPR and AED awareness to teachers and students in the Norwalk school district. She believes in increasing the number of Connecticut residents who are trained in life giving CPR. Mahika believes it is very important that students learn CPR in school and get hands on training on how to perform chest compressions as well as learn how to use an AED.
Click here to tell your elected official if a student can teach CPR to students, then a school can do the same.
Mahika, at a very young age, witnessed firsthand a friend’s grandfather become unresponsive. Her mother rushed to his side and acted quickly. Mahika realized the importance of being comfortable in performing CPR. She took it upon herself to become certified as an Emergency Medical Responder and an American Heart Association BLS Instructor. She continues to teach CPR in her community and hears more and more stories of when quickly administered bystander CPR makes the difference between life and death.
Click here to ask your elected official to support Mahika and the work she is doing to ensure lifesaving CPR is taught in our schools.
In the time it takes to watch a 30 minute sitcom, a class of students will have learned a life lessons making our communities heart safe.
Thank you for sharing Mahika's story with your legislators.
Sincerely,
John Bailey
Government Relations Director
Connecticut
twitter.com/J_M_Bailey2nd
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