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Teachers learn to teach students how to –shock': Defibrillators go to school

Teachers learn to teach students how to –shock': Defibrillators go to school OTTAWA, ON, 05/03/07 Today, 19 teachers from four Ottawa high schools will be trained to teach their students how to save lives with a defibrillator, through the ACT...

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CPR Program Launched in Laurentians High Schools

CPR Program Launched in Laurentians High Schools ST-JÉRÔME, QC, 22/02/07 Today, the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation, in partnership with the Quebec Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sport, Ministry of Health and Social Services and Giant Tiger Stores Limited is...

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CPR Program empowering thousands of Quebec youth to save lives

CPR Program empowering thousands of Quebec youth to save lives SAINT-JÉRÔME, QC, 22/02/07 Would you know what to do if faced with a heart attack? Imagine a cross-provincial lifeline of emergency responders who do. A lifeline made up of Quebec's...

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Bruce-Grey County Students to be Empowered to Save Lives

Bruce-Grey County Students to be Empowered to Save Lives KINCARDINE, ON, 15/12/06 Today, the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation, in partnership with the Government of Ontario and other key provincial and community partners, is launching the ACT High School CPR...

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Sudbury Students to be Empowered to Save Lives

Sudbury Students to be Empowered to Save Lives SUDBURY, ON, 15/12/06 Today, the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation, in partnership with the Ontario government and other key provincial and community partners, is launching the ACT High School CPR Program in...

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Ontario high school students give MPPs a lesson in lifesaving

Ontario high school students give MPPs a lesson in lifesaving TORONTO, ON, 18/10/06 October 18, 2006 – Queen's Park, Committee Room 2, First Floor, West Wing – At 1:00 p.m., the Honorable Kathleen Wynne, Minister of Education and the Honorable...

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ACT National High School CPR Program Reaches B.C.

ACT National High School CPR Program Reaches B.C. OTTAWA, ONTARIO, 24/02/06 Would you know what to do if faced with a cardiac emergency? Imagine a cross-Canada lifeline of emergency responders who do. A lifeline made up of the country's youth,...

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Canadian youth learning CPR in high school

Canadian youth learning CPR in high school OTTAWA, November 29, 2005 — If Detroit Red Wings defenseman Jiri Fischer had suffered his cardiac arrest in a Canadian hockey arena he might have been saved by a high school student, thanks...

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London students empowered to save lives

London students empowered to save lives London, ON, November 28, 2005 — Today, the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation, with support from the Government of Ontario and local community partners, launches the ACT High School CPR Program in London at...

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Over 700,000 students empowered with CPR to save lives

Over 700,000 students empowered with CPR to save lives OTTAWA, ONTARIO, 28/11/05 With the release today of new CPR standards aimed at improving odds of survival, the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada is stepping up its national campaign...

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Quebec students to be empowered to save lives!

Quebec students to be empowered to save lives! MONTREAL, October 24, 2005 — Many Quebec high schools will be equipped to empower students to save lives through a commitment announced today by Minister of Health and Social Services Philippe Couillard...

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Algoma District School Board students to be empowered to save lives

Algoma District School Board students to be empowered to save lives SAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario, June 8, 2005 — High school students in the Algoma District School Board will be empowered to save lives through a new program launched by...

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