McKinley Elementary held a workshop for parents and students on Wednesday. Organizers informed them the importance of eating healthy, working out, and how to conduct hands only CPR.
- McKinley partnered with Adventist Health & The American Heart Association.
- This is the second year hosting this event under their “Health Is Lit” initiative encouraging their students to live healthier lifestyles.
- Parents and students were given healthy snacks, while participating in a Zumba class, and working with CPR mannequins.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
McKinley Elementary partnered with Adventist Health and the American Heart Association to bring a workshop to their students and parents to teach them the importance of CPR. I’m Eric J. Dockery your Bakersfield neighborhood reporter. During this training they taught them hands only CPR and how it can possibly save a life.
Hands only CPR has been shown to be as effective in the first few minutes as conventional CPR, it can help when a cardiac arrest happens at home, work, or in public…