MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) — The quick action of 11-year-old Norah Ward helped save a life earlier this month.
The fifth grader learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a class at Wilson Elementary School and then used her training in a real-world scenario on May 5.
Ward said she was visiting her grandmother in a senior living facility when another resident suffered cardiac arrest, so Norah took her grandma’s phone and immediately called 911. Since she was the only person in the room who had CPR training, the fifth grader began chest compressions on the woman…