A Cavan school is beginning the new academic year with an Irish Heart Foundation award! The award is for training its students in the lifesaving skill of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). St Clare's College in Ballyjamesduff received a CPR 4 Schools award. This award recognises schools, teachers and students for remarkable efforts in CPR promotion and training. Additionally, St Clare's is among 36 schools across Ireland receiving 57 awards as part of the national heart and stroke charity’s CPR 4 Schools programme.
Indeed, since its inception, 2,630 teachers in 649 post-primary schools have taken part, learning how to deliver CPR and giving the programme a reach of over 350,000 post-primary school students.
Jodie Curran spoke with Liam Cooke who is a teacher at St Clare's College. Liam explains how the school first got involved with the initiative:
