WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28. 1984, PAGE9 High sehool studentslearn to save lives withCPR By CAROL STEWART lime le an, al.- important factor!1 Drownlng, suf- focation, heart attacks and accidents cause deat Many of these fatalities might be prevented by prompt and effective C.P.U. The braina of heart at- tack, drowing, elec- trocution and suf- focation victims have four Wo six minutes to 'live' once the beart stops beating. Cârdiopulmonary res- uscitation (C.P.U.) is a simple - but effective - method of applying moutb-to-mouth resus- citation and external cardiaç compression to victims of heart attacks and other related emergencies. Îihe idea la to restore breathing and blood circulation in the - first crucial minutes. It la known tbat the banda-on expertise of C.P.U. quite oftenen courages lifestyle cbanges. As we recognize car- diovascular cisease to be the leading cause of death ln Ontario (48 per cent), the age of which lifestyle change la best effected ls within the school years. The Durbam Board of Education bas welcomed the oppor- tumity to co-ordinate witb Durham Save-A- Heart ln sponsoring and instructing C.P.U. cour- ses for staff and studen- ta. Stan Hoard, an lni- structor- wltb the Oshawa Fire Depar- tment, conducted C.P.U. certification, recertification and in- C.P.R. at Ajax 111gb Sehool, bas been teaching basic rescue skills in a 14 hour com- panent 0f grade 12 physical and health education over the past two years. 0f the 180-200 students who take the course each year, about 90 per Carol Smith and Cheryl Hawke practice 2-person rescue, a series of chestthrusts and interspersed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as part of a physical and health education class at Ajax High Sebool. "Resusci An- nie", the victim, is a life-like mannequin. Photo by B9b McArthur The Church Speaks Sponsored by the WHITBY MIN ISTERIAL ASSOCIATION By THE REV. STANLEY ISHERWOOD Rector St. John's Anglican Church 0, the beauties of spring' Snow drops peeking Up to check out their brand new world; a coat of buds dressing the long-naked trees; children testing out their almost forgotten roiler skates and skipping ropes; snow melting i n the citches and revealing ... ohl oh!... the flot so beautiful tin carLs, the flot so inprng cardboard boxes, the mucky, messy gar- Hidden for a long time, mounting Up week by week, being covered regularly by a fresh coat of wbite snow, suddently and finaily the improperly disposed '0f garbage lies there revealed to ail the world. Jesua once said, "'Notbing is covered Up that will flot be revealed, or hidden that wil not be known." He was warning his followers about hypocrites, people who live one way when others are watching but the opposite way wheni they think they are alone; people who wear bappy masks on the outside Wo hide evil bearts on the inside. He said they were like 'whited sepulchres'1, nicely painted graves full of decaying bodies!1 *Tbat's something like our beautiful snow-covered road-sides which in spring are shown Wo be full of garbage. Lent, the days of preparation before Easter, is a good time to ask what in our own lives wiil someday stand revealed which is now hidden. Wbat about the jealouay"which means you can't talk straight to your sister's family, or the anger you stii bear towards your former employer, or even the disap- pointment you are biding which won't let you be open with your minister? Ail this is garbage which needa to be deait wîtb. Sure, these are bard things to bring out into the open and deal witb positively, but îet's flot be fooled into thinking that it's now or neyer; it's now or then, and much better now!1 Fortunately, not only useless garbage gets revealed when the snow goes. A few years ago some young people I was helpmng augmented their chur- ch's income nicely by casbing in ail the empty bot- tles they found by the roadside in the spring. Jesus bad something to say about these good hidden thinga, too, Wben you do good things, he said, don't put them on cisplay, but 'rather keep them hidden. God knows you bave done them "and your Father wbo sees ini secret wil reward you. " Ail this la a little cbaleénging, isn't it. Reveal the unpleasant thinga and cover up the good things? How much we want to do it the other way round!1 But then, Lent la a Urne tW get aur beads on straigbr, a Uime toreau ztbat the llfe Jesus Cais us t s onle with a difference. structors' courses for staff at Gerieral Varier during Jure 1982 and 1983. Some one bundred teachers have par- ticipated in a C.P.U. program. At Ajax Higb Scbool,' senior students in physical and bealth education classes may opt to take C.P.U. as part of the course. Mr. Sleari, one of tbree instructors of cent certify. He says, "The students recognize the worth of the program as a life-saving skill. Some students work as lifeguarda. About a dozen or so teachers bave taken a basic rescue course." C.P.U. training witbin Durham Region schools bas excalated since the inception of Durham Save-A-Heart. Courses at bath the Heart Saver Experts ln custom-made draperies & valances, bedepreada, blinda of ail types, wallpapers & matching fabrics. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - FREE IN HOME ESTIMATES (five to six bour) level and basic rescue (twelve bour) level em- phasize lifestyle changes necessary for avoidance 0 f, car- diovascular risk fac- tors, identification of the many possible fac- tors leadlng to sudden beart stoppage, as wel as tbe cboking sequen- ces and C.P.U. skills for adults, cbildren and in- fants. Henry Street 111gb Sebool faculty devoted a full morning of a Professional Develop- ment Day recently to learming the banda-on approacb to the Heart Saver level of C.P.R. Some 58 teachers, now interested in proceeding to the basic rescue level in C.P.U., were trained. Student council. in- terest and commitment to C.P.U. te also evident. Students, througb their representatives, bave requested the board en- dorse bath optional and compulsory C.P.U. training at the Heart Saver and basic rescue levels. Henry Street High Scbool and Ander- son Coilegiate and Vocational Scbool, Whltby, are forerunners in this program. Further information about' C.P.R. at the community level cari be obtained by telepbutung Durham Save-A-Heart, 571-1152. Information about C.P.U. In thescboolsfor faculty and studerits cari be obtained from Carol Stewart at 683-422. '~..MESHER- IJEWELLER Seniors & Students 1 50Yoff 668a2872 109 Dundas St. W. Whltby «u I ELEGANT SHADES (IN STOCK) Il 3.45 and u p. Varous sizes j41MicoSt-. O.SHAWA 43-116 TYPE SETTJNG ON THE PREMISES~~ t'COMPUTERUZED & PH .( (j & fe Spl e