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Hall County seniors learn CPR before graduation
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The North Georgia Heart Foundation brought CPR training to local high schools in March. The Georgia General Assembly passed a bill in 2013 that requires CPR be taught in health of physical education courses. Seniors graduating in 2016, though, had not been able to receive that education as freshmen.
For a Georgia resident going into cardiac arrest, the survival rate is about 8 percent unless you’re at a hospital, said North Georgia Heart Foundation Executive Director Daniel Thompson. “That percentage chance of survival drops 10 percent with each passing minute,” he said. Officials are working to teach more than 1,000 Hall County seniors hands-only CPR through schoolwide trainings.