Local first responders give H.B. High School staff a lesson in lifesaving
About 200 members of Huntington Beach High School’s faculty and staff learned the basics of bleed control and CPR this week in training designed by Sophia Cendro, a Huntington Beach High senior.
The workshop, called Trauma for Teachers, was incorporated into a staff training day Monday as a way to prepare employees to provide lifesaving measures before first responders arrive in the case of an on-campus emergency.
The Huntington Beach Fire Department and Marine Safety Division, with doctors and nurses from area hospitals, helped give hands-on instruction.
Huntington Beach High School senior Sophia Cendro, 17, drew from her lifeguard training to design a campus program to help teachers and other staff members respond to cardiopulmonary and bleeding emergencies.
Sophia, 17, said she got the idea at the beginning of her junior year after her first summer working as a seasonal lifeguard at Huntington City Beach. She saw a chance to share the skills and preparedness she gained in the job.
“I was seeing on the news recent events of shooting threats and school violence threats and I remembered coming up with this idea,” Sophia said. “Why wait on it? This is a good time to start implementing in schools.”
School and city officials said they hope the program will be brought to more local schools in the near future.
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