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emergencies, Safe Sitter® graduates consistently react quickly, calmly, and
appropriately. That’s how Mark, 12, reacted last July when waiting in line
at an amusement park with his family when he realized that a nearby toddler
wasn’t breathing.
Mark heard someone shout “He’s not breathing!” and then
heard screaming. Mark reacted immediately and began administering rescue
breathing on the one-year-old, a skill that he learned from the Safe Sitter®
class he took only a month before. Mark gave the toddler rescue
breathes until EMS arrived. “I was nervous, but I remembered what to do.”
Mark’s mother was very impressed by the attributes Mark
exhibited that Safe Sitter® taught him. “I was just so proud of him. It put
him on the spot, especially at his age, but he was calm.”
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