Second-graders learn CPR for heart month

Rowan County EMS paramedic Lt. Aaron Thurston watches the time as Madi Thomas and Baiey Yon, second graders in Lynda Hunter’s class, perform 200 compressions on CPR mannequins.

Gabe Dial, a 2nd greader in Kelley Vinson's class, watches as his classmate, Makayla Borst (pink) pushes down on a mannequin in an attempt to learn CPR. The students performs 200 hundred compressions in two minutes on a mannequins during a "Fit for Motion" program at the Millbridge Elementary School on Monday. Theses students joined the other 2nd grade classes on how to locate a pulse by using their fore fingers on their neck and basic CPR techniques. Rowan Regional Register Nurses Jill McNeely (front right) and Jacob Fogner (back,right) were on hand with other emergancy medical responders to teach the techniques.Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

Coleman Overcash, Landon Hughes and Joshua Baker perform 200 hundred compressions in two minutes on three mannequins during a program at the Millbridge Elementary School on Monday. Theses students in Lynda Hunter's class joined the other 2nd grade classes on how to locate a pulse by using their fore fingers on their neck and basic CPR techniques. Photo by Jon C. Lakey, Salisbury Post.

Gabe Dial, a second-grader in Kelley Vinson’s class, performs 200 compressions in two minutes on a mannequin with his classmates.