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Helping save lives: 2,300 teachers received the Opioid Overdose Response Training to teach high school students how to react when facing a suspected opioid overdose
The ACT Foundation announced it has completed Phase 1 of its Opioid Overdose Response Training (OORT). As a result, 2,300 teachers from 830 high schools in Canada are now equipped to teach their students in how to respond to a suspected opioid overdose.
High school CPR trained students saving lives across Canada
In celebration of Heart Month, the ACT Foundation recognized students and teachers who have learned lifesaving knowledge and skills through the ACT High School CPR and AED Program.
Quebec high school student saved by teens with opioid overdose response training they learned at school
When a Quebec high school student experienced an opioid overdose at a party, her Collège Mont-Sacré-Coeur classmates Samuel Vincent and Thomas Roberge jumped into action with the opioid overdose response training they learned at school.
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The ACT Foundation celebrates 20 years in Durham and presents Community Champion Award to local teacher
The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation joined Hydro One Inc. (Hydro One) and partners at Archbishop Denis O’Connor Catholic High School in Ajax to mark the 20th anniversary of the ACT High School CPR and AED program in Durham and to present a Community Champion Award to Rose Booker, a newly retired teacher.
ACT Foundation congratulates Quebec Minister of Education on announcement to expand AEDs to all public schools
The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation congratulates Education Minister Bernard Drainville for his announcement to ensure Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in all public schools throughout Quebec
Helping save lives: 2,300 teachers received the Opioid Overdose Response Training to teach high school students how to react when facing a suspected opioid overdose
The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation announced today it has completed Phase 1 of its Opioid Overdose Response Training (OORT)