A Tennessee fifth grader recently helped save a woman’s life by using CPR training she learned at school. Norah Ward was visiting her grandmother at a senior living facility when another resident suffered cardiac arrest and stopped talking. The 11-year-old used her grandma’s phone to call 911 and started performing chest compressions because she was the only person in the room with CPR training.
Norah says she was scared during the emergency but knew she needed to act quickly. The woman later made a full recovery. Keisha Newport, the nurse at Wilson Elementary School who taught Norah CPR, says it takes courage for anyone, especially a child, to perform CPR in a real emergency.
Her school district has offered CPR training for students for the past 13 years. A few months before the incident, the Tennessee Titans and the American Heart Association donated 200 inflatable mannequins to help with CPR instruction in the district. Officials encourage people of all ages to learn CPR.
Source: WKRN
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