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| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM: Shelly Pauling, Education & Communications Manager RE: CPR Tool-kits and Supplies for RVMS DATE: March 28, 2007 The Redwood Area Hospital, together with the Redwood Area Hospital Foundation, recently donated CPR teaching materials to the Redwood Valley Middle School in Redwood Falls, MN. The school was given one CPR for Family & Friends DVD, 4 child manikins, 4 infant manikins, along with 125 student workbooks. Mr. Dave Madsen, who currently teaches health education at the Redwood Valley Middle School, will use the materials to teach middle school students in 6th grade the basics of CPR. The CPR for Family & Friends course is designed to teach both adult and pediatric CPR. The course presents current information about the American Heart Association adult Chain of Survival and signs of a heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke and choking. Currently, the Redwood Area Hospital has 10 certified CPR and First Aid Instructors on staff. Those instructors are: Louise Schweiss-Anderson, RN; Maydra Maas, RN, CNS; Lynn Buckley, LPN; Lance Lothert, RT; Kim Harnack, RN; Jenny Scoates, RN; Pam Lerdal, RN; Terri Tabor, RN; Jenny Neegaard, RN; and Terri Malecek, RN. The Redwood Area Hospital CPR Instructors feel it is important that our area schools have the most up-to-date information when in comes to teaching our children CPR skills. For more information about the CPR programs the Redwood Area Hospital has to offer, contact Shelly Pauling, Education & Communications Manager at 507-637-4527. If you would like information about the Redwood Area Hospital Foundation, please contact Karen Melges, Foundation Director at 507-637-4668. |
 Pictured: Taylor Barnes, RMVS Student Rep; Dave Madsen, Health Educator; Lynn Buckley, LPN, CPR Instructor and Karen Melges, Foundation Director |
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