Vermont high school learns lessons in life-saving care
HINESBURG, Vt. (WCAX) - Champlain Valley Union High School is dedicating two days to building students’ confidence during an emergency. “No matter what the situation, we’re gonna be in it and it’s going to be helpful,” CVU ninth-grader Finn Wolf said. A medical emergency less than two months ago at CVU sparked the lessons in life-saving care. The girls soccer coach went into cardiac arrest and, according to Hinesburg Fire Chief Prescott Nadeau, the players’ quick actions are the reason the coach is alive. “An incident occurred in which a cardiac arrest happened at CVU high school and that really ramped things up for everybody,” Nadeau said. The CVU health and safety committee had been having conversations about leading a training class at school and officials expedited those plans after the scare. “Working with CVU staff they said let’s make this happen and let’s make it happen now,”…
