Category:
CPR
21 Jun 2016
CPR Training Coming to DC Schools!!
After years of hard work by You’re the Cure advocates and American Heart Association (AHA) volunteers, the District of Columbia is on the verge of joining 34 other states by ensuring all students receive hands-only CPR training in high school!...

20 Jun 2016
Breanna Sudano
On September 27, 2011, two weeks before my 14th birthday, while playing in a field hockey game for my high school, I collapsed and went into sudden cardiac arrest. Two coaches recognized that I was not breathing and without hesitation, immediately started CPR.
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8 Jun 2016
CPR Awareness Week in Texas
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7 Jun 2016
High School Graduates Prepared to Save a Life
It's graduation season, and the American Heart Association and You're the Cure couldn't be more excited to celebrate this year's high school graduates.
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6 Jun 2016
CPR Week in Wyoming
The American Heart Association – Wyoming celebrated CPR Week, June 1-7, by teaming up with the Jackson Hole Fire/EMS Department to teach Hands-only CPR throughout Teton County. AHA and Jackson Hole Fire/EMS also wrote letters to more than 100 state...
6 Jun 2016
Could Hawaii be the next state to add CPR for high school graduation?
Guest Blogger: Don Weisman, American Heart Association Hawaii Government Relations Director Just a few weeks ago Arizona became the 32nd state to insure that all high school students will receive CPR training in schools. States that have CPR training policies...
6 Jun 2016
We Met At The Capitol
It has been a busy spring in the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate! Across the affiliate we have been hosting Lobby Days to bring advocates together to meet with their lawmakers, so join us to learn what your neighbors have been busily working...
31 May 2016
MA Budget Success
Last week when the Senate took up their budget we had some success and some losses. We did not get any additional funding for MA Tobacco Cessation and Prevention Program. We also did not secure funding for CPR in Schools Grants...
31 May 2016
The Legislative Session is a Wrap!
New Hampshire state lawmakers have finished session and bills now move on to the Governor’s office for signing into law. Two of the American Heart Association’s priority bills have succeeded. The Reauthorization of NH’s Medicaid Expansion program, continues healthcare coverage for 47,000...
12 May 2016
Take Action for Corner Stores Today
We would all like the option to make a healthy choice, right? We need your help now to speak up for the Healthy Corner Store Initiative. Legislative session is moving fast and the NC House will be debating the state...