CPR/AED and First Aid Training for Metro Teachers and Coaches
 
As the Nashville PAD coordinates the placement of AED devices in Nashville schools, we ask schools to select "intended responders;" people who would be trained to act if someone collapses and the emergency action plan (EAP) is called into action.
Trainings are held at one of our partnering organizations' training center. Between six and eight intended user trainings are scheduled each year. Registration is handled through the Metro Nashville Public Schools internet registration for continuing education for staff/faculty, or a host hospital. At times, community members are invited to attend these classes. There is no charge for this certification training.
Currently, The Nashville PAD Program uses community grants and donations to pay for these training events, and relies on the generous donation of time and skills from area CPR instructors to hold these classes.
Here is an example of a class held in the 2006-07 school year:
On April 1, fifty Metro Nashville Public Schools teachers and coaches participated in AED/CPR and First Aid training at Saint Thomas Hospital. Led by Carol Parsons from the Education Department, this training provided participants with certification in CPR/AED use and First Aid. These participants are now equipped with the tools and knowledge necessary to administer CPR and use an AED if an incident of cardiac arrest occurs. This training was the result of Saint Thomas’ alliance with the Nashville Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) Program.
The Nashville PAD Program is a coalition of community partners with the unified goal of educating Middle Tennesseans on the use of CPR and AEDs in order to save lives. One of the program’s committees leads the PAD Program C.A.R.E.S. (CPR and AED Readiness Education in Schools) Project; this committee has set a goal to train 6 to 4 Metro Public Schools coaches and teachers on the use of CPR and AEDs at every school.
Every teacher or coach that is trained to administer CPR and use AEDs when cardiac arrest grips a student or adult is another person who could potentially save a life. More and more stories are surfacing that recount how lives are saved when CPR and AEDs are used within the first moments of cardiac arrest. Thank you to Carol and her team of trainers for helping further the education of CPR and AED use and for contributing to the mission of saving lives.
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