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Though effective, Primatene Tablets dont contain this extra Ingredient ... but Bronkaid TaWetsdo. : Bronkaid Tablets do more... to help you breathe easier. . . , , 5, . I , . 14 CONTINUED sands of Americans could benefit!" Educators are equally enthusiastic. Lee R. Williamson, Superintendent of Schools, Wichita Falls, Tex.: "Hopefully, your Open Letter to Superintendents will serve as the catalyst to activate programs in high schools all over the country." Lawrence P. Hanley, Assistant Principal, Gateway Senior High School, Monroeville, Pa.: "Your letter has captured the attention of our students, teachers, administration and school board and, we believe, will help us begin our program Successfully." Dr. Edward Denton, Superintendent of the Bridgewater-RaynhaSchool District, Bridgewater, Mass.: "May I commend you on publicly urging the school districts throughout America to consider the CPR program." R. D. Johnson, Superintendent of Public Schools, Litchfield, Minn.: "Our school district agrees with you about CPR training." Says Worth V. Littell, Supervisor of Secondary Physical Education of the Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, which recently launched a CPR pilot project: "Our program has already paid dividends in that two individuals have been given CPR emergency assistance and still walk among us." Dr. Marvin Mostow, Principal of North Bethesda Junior High in Maryland, which also has its own program, writes: "One student jokingly said that the hall of the school where our program is located is the safest place in the world to have a heart attack." m An expectorant. , Students at North Bethesda (Md.) junior High learn to check carotid artery for pulse. Wherever they're given, CPR courses are drawing enthusiastic response from pupils. . Students want to help Students across the country express an eagerness to join in the program. Ei'een Coyne, 15, of Baltimore, who has already taken a CPR course, says: "I admire you for taking a stand and exposn ing your readers to this g course." Dawn J. Beeler of little-know- Springfield, III., who had a CPR course in Lamphier High School, says she "learned a lot" and adds: "If it wasn't for this course being required, I wouldn't know the first thing to do if my family or one of my friends needed help." Comments Tami Gammill, a sophomore at Parkview Senior High School in Little Rock, Ark.: "I think this addition to our curriculum would be a great asset." Also joining in the chorus of approval are police and fire officials, leaders of civic groups, health organizations, state and local legislators, military personnel and ordinary citizens like Terry Hegarty of Somerville, Mass.: "It would be nice to think that if I ever needed CPR, there would be someone around who had the training to give it to me and perhaps save my life. I pray that the high schools will take you up on your suggestion. Congratulations on a marvelous idea." Responsive school And in a typical indication that CPR an idea whose time has come, Connie Sweazy of Ulysses, Kan., writes: "Your letter could not have been published at a better time! I had made an appointment with our high school principal to discuss CPR in our school system, and your article appeared in PARADE the day before. You certainly made my job a lot easier, as he had read it and was In fact, the Red most responsive. Cross CPR Modular Program will be started in our high school freshman health class and will be part of the curriculum as of now." PARADE would like to see the same step taken forthwith in all school districts. We continue to believe it is vital that by the beginning of the 1978-7- 9 school year the CPR program be in full operation throughout the country, with courses in every public, private and parochial high school. is ... J |