A framed newspaper article hanging in Rob Miller’s classroom at Concord High School tells the story of how one of his former students used CPR training he got at school to save someone’s life.
Miller is one of three Concord teachers who have been teaching CPR for the past 14 years at Concord as part of a junior-level wellness course.
Concord and Jimtown are the only two Elkhart County public high schools that gave students CPR and AED training (Northridge did the training at the middle school level) before this school year.
However, Memorial, Central, NorthWood, Fairfield, Goshen and Northridge are all adding the training to the curriculum because of a state law that went into effect this year requiring high school students to be trained in CPR.
Concord students in Miller’s classroom heard about the new law in a recent class, but Miller added the law “doesn't affect you in any way, besides that you’re in the right class.”
Later this school year, Concord students will spend three weeks learning how to revive a person whose heart has stopped using CPR or a defibrillator.
Student Daniel Williams, who works as a ski instructor, said the training will better prepare him for an emergency at work.