Nelson House Teachers and School Staff Learn to Save Lives

Nelson House, MB 10:00 a.m. – More than 35 teachers and staff members of Nisichawayasihk Neyo Ohtinwak Collegiate (NNOC) have being empowered with CPR and first aid skills as part of a professional development initiative. They are now ready to bring these essential lifesaving skills and invaluable knowledge to their school and community. The training event was held at the Valer-Vale Education and Training Centre on September 22 2016.

The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation is working in partnership with lead community partner Vale to bring this community training to Nelson House. This initiative is an extension of the ACT High School CPR and Defibrillator Training Program where NNOC teachers train all Grade 9 students in CPR and how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED).

The ACT Foundation is the charitable organization that is establishing free CPR and defibrillator training programs in high schools across Canada. The Foundation promotes awareness and education on the prevention of emergencies, health and safety, and community response.

“This initiative will strengthen the health of our community by giving our teachers the skills and knowledge to save lives,” says NNOC Principal, Natalie Tays.

“The most important work that we do every day is to apply the distinctive actions of SafeProduction—plan, accept, care and lead—in order to manage risk to as low as reasonable achievable. We utilize controls and tools to achieve our goal of zero harm, but if something were to occur, we rely on our training. The ACT Foundation also provides the tools and training necessary to manage risk and save lives, which is why Vale is proud to support this vital initiative,” says Mark Scott, Vice President, Manitoba Operations, Vale.

With eight in 10 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurring at home or in public places, empowering all community members with CPR and AED training will dramatically increase citizen CPR response rates and save lives.

To date, the ACT High School CPR Program has been established in 1,740 high schools across Canada and approximately 3.2 million students have already been empowered to save lives with CPR.

Early CPR combined with early defibrillation can increase chance of survival for cardiac arrest victims by up to 75% according to Heart and Stroke Foundation.

“Thanks to ACT’s lead community partner Vale, we are able to train Nelson House teachers and staff members with lifesaving skills that they’ll be able to use to play an integral part in their community,” says Sandra Clarke, the ACT Foundation’s Executive Director.

About the ACT Foundation
The ACT Foundation is the national charitable organization that is establishing the CPR and AED program in Canadian high schools. The program is built on ACT’s award-winning community-based model of partnerships and support, whereby ACT finds local partners who donate the mannequins and AED training units that schools need to set up the program. Secondary school teachers then teach CPR and how to use a defibrillator to their students as a regular part of the curriculum, reaching all youth prior to graduation. ACT’s national health partners who are committed to bringing the program across Canada are AstraZeneca Canada, Pfizer Canada, and Sanofi Canada. Many rescues have already occurred thanks to the high school program as highlighted in the powerful 3-minute video (see link: https://youtu.be/IWTSXcx2lpI).

About Vale
Vale Canada Limited is one of Canada’s largest mining companies, with Canadian operations in Sudbury and Port Colborne, Ontario; Thompson, Manitoba and Voisey’s Bay and Long Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador. Vale’s Base Metals unit, with its headquarters in Toronto, is the world’s second largest nickel producer and a leading producer of copper, platinum group metals and cobalt. In Canada, Vale has a community investment program that has helped fuel local and national initiatives, impacting the lives of thousands of Canadians.

Vale Canada Limited is part of Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s largest producer of iron ore and pellets. Vale is also a leading producer of manganese, ferroalloys, thermal and coking coal, and fertilizer nutrients. Present in 30 countries, Vale employs more than 200,000 people. For further information, please visit <a href="http://www.vale.com

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