Media Advisory - Interview Opportunity - Students and teachers are now empowered to save lives: Automated external defibrillator (AED) devices and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training in all public high schools in Quebec.

MONTREAL, Nov. 21, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation is pleased to invite you to the official announcement of the completion of its fundraising campaign to ensure an AED for all public high schools in Quebec. This event will also highlight the importance for 68,000 students throughout the province who will be learning how to use AEDs in addition to their CPR training. Two-thousand (2,000) teachers have been trained as instructors to train their secondary 3 students.  

WHEN:	Friday, November 22, 2019, at 10:30 a.m.
WHERE:	École Louise-Trichet 2800 boul. Lapointe Montréal, QC H1L 5M1
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WHAT:	Completion of ACT Foundation's fundraising campaign 68,000 students to be trained in CPR and how to use an AED every year ACT Rescuer Award presentation to teachers who saved the life of a student The event will include a CPR and AED demo by the students.
WHO:	Danielle McCann, Minister of Health and Social Services Isabelle Charest, Deputy Minister of Education Dr. Paul Poirier, Cardiologist, IUCPQ (Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec) Dr. Arsène J. Basmadjian, President, Association des cardiologues du Québec Brian Heath, ACT Foundation Board Member and Vice-President and General Manager, Amgen Canada

About ACT
The Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation is the national charitable organization dedicated to establishing free cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as a mandatory program in every Canadian high school. Established in 1985, ACT's mission is to promote health and to empower Canadians to save lives. The program is built on ACT's award-winning community-based model of partnerships and support.

SOURCE The ACT Foundation

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