Gettys Middle School Student Saves Child's Life Using ARC Training

Sarah Dow, Director of the Pickens Office of the ARC of Upstate SC, sends us this Good News item.

Mrs. Dorothy Blanton, Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher at Gettys Middle School in Easley, SC, relayed the following story:
"One of my 8th grade students told me that she saved a little boy’s life at church yesterday by using Abdominal Thrusts. She said the adult in charge just wanted to pat him on the back, and she told the adult she was trained and knew what she was doing because she learned it in school a couple of days ago."
Mrs. Blanton teaches American Red Cross lifesaving skills to her students every year including: Adult CPR, Infant and Child CPR, Babysitters Training and First Aid.

To learn more about lifesaving training visit our website at www.upstateredcross.org.