It’s a harrowing fact, but a fact nonetheless: over 350,000 people undergo cardiac arrest outside of a hospital annually, and of those, over 60 percent die before reaching a hospital. Another fact: last year, over 60 people died due to water-related incidents in Arizona.
It’s these kinds of statistics that propelled Brophy sophomores Sanath Seetharam, Sahil Bagai, and Suhaan Sharma to start a nonprofit called Life Savers Phoenix.
Life Savers, a Dragon Kim Foundation Fellowship project, trains under-resourced kids aged 8-12 in CPR, AED use, bleeding control, and emergency response techniques. The trio hopes to empower students to become first responders in their neighborhoods…