3 million Ontario students trained to save lives
The ACT Foundation and its partners celebrated CPR Month and the incredible milestone of three million students trained in CPR and how to use an AED to date in Ontario.
Thunder Bay teen honoured for saving father’s life
Madeleine Caza, Grade 11 student at St. Patrick High School, Thunder Bay, ON, was presented with the ACT Rescuer Award for using the knowledge and skills learned through the ACT High School CPR and AED Program to help save her father's life.
Sudbury teens honoured for saving woman’s life
Tyler Brouillette and Levi Owl, 18-year-old best friends, used the CPR skills they learned in high school when they came upon a woman in cardiac arrest.
Ottawa high school students trained on overdose response
Ottawa high school students are learning a skill that could one day potentially save the life of a family member, friend — or even a stranger.
Students, teachers across Canada to be offered naloxone training to combat overdoses
ACT Foundation completed pilot project in Ottawa, training students on how to use overdose-reversing drug.
Quick-thinking coach helps save teen at basketball practice in Ottawa
A quick-thinking coach trained in the use of CPR and a defibrillator helped save the life of a teenager during a basketball practice at St. Mother Teresa High School in Barrhaven.
Government of Canada announces $20 million to help communities respond to increasing opioid-related overdoses
Projects will provide training and awareness on opioid overdose response to 2.4 million Canadians and enable the distribution of 58,000 naloxone kits.
4,000 Peterborough students receive lifesaving CPR and defibrillator training during CPR month
To mark CPR Month, today the Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation and partners, launched the ACT High School CPR and Defibrillator Training Program in 18 Peterborough and area high schools.
Students Train for CPR & Use of Defibrillators
Students across Northumberland County are getting the training to save lives through the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
Students empowered through CPR training
Students at St. Peter Secondary School in Peterborough learn to perform life-saving skills with automated external defibrillators.
These life-saving devices are now available in every high school in Quebec
Following years of fundraising and campaigning, automated defibrillators are now available in every public high school in the province.
CPR month sees over 40 students and residents empowered with lifesaving skills
CPR month sees over 40 students and residents empowered with lifesaving skills.