Funding partnership supports first aid training in schools
Students at Wesmor Community High School are learning the basics of CPR and first aid thanks to a local community partnership.
High school students took part in a hands-on training session Thursday at Wesmor, learning how to respond to an emergency and how to help someone in distress. Wesmor is the third high school in Prince Albert to receive the training since Parkland Ambulance partnered with RBC. The bank provided $1,000 per school to support the training, and students at Carlton Comprehensive Public High School and Ecole St. Mary have already benefitted from the partnership.
Lyle Karasiuk, director of public affairs with Parkland Ambulance, said first aid is an important skill for everyone to learn. Students who have first aid training can not only help in an emergency situation at home or in the community, but are better prepared for the workplace as well, he said.
“We’re making our workers safer. We’re making our students more marketable. We’re helping them succeed career-wise and giving them the tools that they can transfer, whether that’s home, school, or in the community,” Karasiuk told paNOW.