With 80 per cent of cardiac arrests ocurring
at home, early CPR can increase survival rates
TORONTO, Dec. 4, 2020 /CNW/ - The Advanced Coronary
Treatment (ACT) Foundation in partnership with Hydro One's support
continues to provide students with the skills necessary to save a
life. This year, the provincial collaboration is expected to bring
these critical skills to more than 110,000 students and to
more rural and First Nations schools. During the time of school
closures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACT Foundation
quickly transitioned to provide schools with access to course
theory information online, including the warning signs of a heart
attack and stroke and the importance of calling 911 early. The
practical CPR hand-on skills training has now resumed for students
back in school.
Through the program, high school students are trained in CPR and
Automated External Defibrillator (AED) skills, which according to
the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, when combined early in a
life-threatening situation can double the chance of
survival. Since 2000, Hydro One has supported the ACT
Foundation to successfully train more than two million high school
students in CPR.
"The value of lifesaving skills cannot be measured, which is why
we ensure our employees are properly trained to respond to medical
emergencies that could occur in the workplace, at home or in
public," said Lyla Garzouzi, Chief
Safety Officer, Hydro One. "By partnering with the ACT Foundation,
we are equipping young people with the skills necessary to act fast
and make a lasting difference. Education and training are essential
in saving lives and building safe communities."
In Canada, an estimated 35,000
people suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each
year. With 80 per cent of cardiac arrests occurring in
homes, empowering youth with CPR training as part of their high
school education will help increase citizen CPR response rates and
save lives.
"As a national health partner with the ACT Foundation, Amgen
Canada is proud to help students learn life-saving skills for
life-threatening emergencies, but more importantly, to become
champions for health and science in their families and
communities," says Brian Heath,
Vice-President and General Manager at Amgen Canada. "We strongly
believe in the power of young people to inspire wellness."
"We are thrilled with the commitment of ACT's partners," says
ACT Foundation Executive Director Sandra
Clarke. "Their support is helping the ACT Foundation enable
thousands of students across the province to be emergency ready to
respond to serious medical emergencies that can happen to their
family members, friends, neighbors and others in their
communities."
ACT's partners, committed to bringing the program to
Ontario are the Government of
Ontario and Hydro One and ACT's
national health partners AstraZeneca Canada and Amgen Canada.
The ACT Foundation's mission is to promote health and empower
citizens to save lives! ACT is doing so by establishing the CPR and
AED Program in high schools across Canada. The Foundation's High School CPR and
Defibrillator Training Program is built on ACT's award-winning
community-based model of partnerships and support. ACT raises funds
for CPR mannequins and AED training units for all high schools,
trains teachers as CPR instructors for their students, and guides
schools in program set up.
About the ACT Foundation
The ACT Foundation is the national charitable organization
establishing the free CPR and AED program in Canadian high schools.
The program is built on ACT's award-winning community-based model
of partnerships and support, whereby ACT finds local partners who
donate the mannequins and AED training units that schools need to
set up the program. High school teachers then teach CPR and how to
use a defibrillator to their students as a regular part of the
curriculum, reaching all youth prior to graduation. ACT's partners,
committed to bringing the program to Ontario are the Government of Ontario and Hydro one and our national health
partners AstraZeneca Canada and Amgen Canada.
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About Hydro One Inc.
Hydro One Limited (TSX: H)
Hydro One Limited, through
its wholly-owned subsidiaries, is Ontario's largest
electricity transmission and distribution provider with
approximately 1.4 million valued customers,
approximately $27.1 billion in assets as at December
31, 2019, and annual revenues in 2019 of approximately $6.5
billion. Our team of approximately 8,800 skilled and dedicated
employees proudly build and maintain a safe and reliable
electricity system which is essential to supporting strong and
successful communities. In 2019, Hydro One invested
approximately $1.7 billion in its transmission and
distribution networks and supported the economy through buying
approximately $1.5 billion of goods and services. We are
committed to the communities where we live and work through
community investment, sustainability and diversity initiatives. We
are designated as a Sustainable Electricity Company by the Canadian
Electricity Association. Hydro One Limited's common shares are
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