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Show THE PARK RECORD www. park record.com WED,THURS, FRI, JANUARY 12-14, 2005 B-7 Education. EDUCATION EDITOR: Jared Whitley 649-9014 ext.118 education@parkrecord.com 'Clear!' Students learning to save lives Home repairs class Park City Community Education is holding a class on Basic Home Repairs at Park City High School on Tuesday nights, from Jan. 18 through Feb. 1, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Engineer Gerry Thomas teaches the basic actions to. take when things go wrong: repairs of leaking toilets and faucets, replacing electrical plugs and switches, lighting furnaces, hot water heaters, electrical start fireplaces, etc. Learn how to buy and use tools. Register online at www.pcschools.us (click on 'Community" then "Community Education") or stop by the district office at 2700 Kearns Boulevard. Phone contact is Julia Jones at 615-0215. The class costs $35. Music scholarship Top high school musicians around the country have the opportunity to apply for an Emerson Scholarship Award to the world-famous Intertochen Arts Camp in northern Michigan from June 25 to Aug. 8,2005. The 50 merit-based scholarships are funded through a grant from St. Louis-based Emerson. The Emerson Scholars Award is a $5,582 scholarship, which provides full tuition, private lessons, and room and board for the six-week summer program. Applicants must be in grades nine through 12 and demonstrate exceptional proficiency on harp, string, wind or percussion instruments. An audition submitted on tape or CD is required with application. Applications must be postmarked by Feb. 15, 2005, and winners will be announced by April 15, 2005. For more information, or to obtain an application, e-mail admissions@interlochen.org or call (231) 276-7472 or write the Emerson Scholars Program, Interlochen Center lor the Arts, P.O. Box 199, Interlochen, Ml, 4964a Complete information is available at www.irlterlochen.org. Start a Heart teaches Ecker Hill students how to use CPR, defibrillators By JARED WHITLEY Of the Record staff If you're going to have a heart attack. Jcnni Jackson's class would be a good place to do it. Jackson is an instructor in "technology, life, careers" (or TLC) al Eckcr Hill Middle School, where her advanced students are becoming CPR certified this week by the Park City-based non-profit group Start a Heart. The Start a Heart members certify health care providers on their CPR (or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation), but they're also in schools every day training students. "That's our forte," said Susan Lewis, who with co-workers Lisa Victorine and Todd Aylor, has trained Jackson's students for the GRAYSON WESTVPARKRECORD last two weeks. Above: Ecker Hill students (left to "They're really loving it." Jackson said, right) Adam Laufer, Parker Morin, "They talk about it at lunch. 'Iliey're really attentive." Tyler Elson, and Scott The advanced TLC class is mostly boys, Neuenschwander practice CPR on and can be a little "rowdy." but the CPR "Little Joe" dolls. Right: A student hands-on activities have held their interest, especially since they can use these skills uses a defibrillator. later on for a career. Jackson said. Students make prime candidates for layFollowing the training, the class mem- rescuers, and might need to use these skills bers receive CPR certification, which is nec- when they're babysitting, for example. essary for becoming a life guard, for exam- Moreover, young people learn faster and pie. have quicker reactions, Lewis continued, "This will help them get a job." she con- praising the Ecker Hill students for picking the skills up as quickly as they have. tinued. Erik Hughes, 14, wants lo join the Ski "Children tend to retain more and Patrol after graduating high school. Ski they're not afraid to act," Lewis said. "Kids Palrol members need to be certified as are less afraid of failure.11 emergency medical technicians, so getting The Start a Heart instructors didn't just this CPR certificate is a step along the way train the Eckcr Hill students on basic CPR, for him. they also taught how to use a defibrillator If he needed to provide resuscitation for a device used for shocking stopped hearts someone. Hughes says he could "kind of. back into action. maybe" save the person's life. "That's the difference between our About 70 percent of cardiac arrests hap- organization and others," Lewis said. pen in front of someone else -either in pubPeople don't typically walk around with lic or at home, according lo Lewis, and defibrillators in their backpacks, but Lewis while us important to call 911 and get pro- described a national trend of putting defibfessional help, early intervention is the key. rillators in public places, like malls, schools, "'iTic earlier someone acLs, the better off and sports venues. the victim's chance of survival is." Lewis Students practiced defibrillation on the said, observing that cardiac arrest kills same "Little Joe" mannequins on which 250,000 Americans every year. "We could they practiced mouth lo mouth and chest save a significant amount of those if we have compressions. 'l"hey attached electric pads more lay-rescuers." ^j ~ Please see CPR, B-9 Place yotr itder Sv lamam 312005 » i mm FREE SHIPPING! 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