Students are learning CPR to save lives
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
CPR kits donated by the Northwest Ohio American Heart Association give Lima Senior High School students a hands-on experience to learning the life-saving technique.
LIMA An estimated 350,000 cardiac arrests happen outside the hospital in any given year. Ohio students are learning to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to improve survival rates.
“Sudden cardiac arrest can happen any place, at any time,” said Sara Hegarty, executive director of the American Heart Association’s Northwest Ohio office. “The best chance of surviving is to get CPR right away. Sadly, most of the time it doesn’t happen that way.”
City council: healthy drinks to become default option for kids meals in Toledo
Although water, low-fat milk, and 100% fruit juice will be the default options in kids meals, parents will still be able to request other drinks off the menu. Author: Emily Cohen Updated: 9:59 PM EDT April 14, 2021
TOLEDO, Ohio Water, low-fat milk and 100-percent fruit juice will soon be the default options for kids while dining out in the city limits of Toledo.
On Tuesday, city council approved a measure that will make the healthy drinks the default options for kids meals at restaurants in the city.
Sara Hegarty, executive director for the Northwest Ohio American Heart Association, said Toledo is only the third area in the state of Ohio to pass a similar measure; a move Hegarty said is the right direction to ensure healthy outcomes in the future.
“Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women in our country. It is my great privilege to serve as this year’s chair for Go Red For Women,” Johnston said. “This event brings education and attention to this deadly disease and raises funds to continue research so that future generations are protected. In my role as a female executive in the healthcare field and as an individual with heart disease in my family, I know firsthand just how important this work is.”
The luncheon will feature a digital exhibit hall, an educational program featuring keynote speaker, Diana Patton, and inspiring survivor stories. The digital event will bring together local women and men and aims to raise $200,000 to support efforts to improve women’s heart health through research, professional and public education and advocacy efforts.