Nearly 200 Macon students trained in CPR during life-saving workshop at Northeast High
The hands-on training was hosted by the nonprofit Macon Black Culture in partnership with Mags CPR Life Changing Destiny.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Nearly 200 students at Northeast High School are now trained in CPR after participating in a weeklong workshop aimed at teaching them how to respond in emergency situations and potentially save lives.
The hands-on training was hosted by the nonprofit Macon Black Culture in partnership with Mags CPR Life Changing Destiny.
Students were taught in small groups of six, learning how to properly use a defibrillator and perform the “30 chest compressions and 2 breath method” using a CPR mannequin.
After 10th grader Katelynn Little finished Thursday’s workshop, she said she felt prepared to step in and help someone in need. Little said “It definitely makes me feel more comfortable to save a life of a stranger, of a family member, a friend.”
Little said performing the method was difficult at first but became easier with practice. “It definitely wasn’t easy to learn it but once you get comfortable you figure out how to do it, it starts to get easier,” she added.
Muse Dixon, a board member of Macon Black Culture, said she was inspired to organize the event after hearing about a Mercer University student who collapsed during a game and later died from his injuries at Atrium Health Navicent.
