Sandra Clark is the Executive Director for the ACT Foundation and says they are offering a new CPR and defibrillator training program to students in the Keewatin Patricia, Kenora Catholic, and Rainy River School Boards.
Clark says phys.ed teachers are being qualified to teach the program and it will be offered to over 1,000 students in Northwestern Ontario every year.
Clark says the use of CPR and defibrillators can increase the chance of survival in a cardiac patient by 75 percent.