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Leon Seguro, Trainer, BERT
"For the entire month of September, not just St. John's Vianney, BERT is giving back to society and at the same time enhancing our values. BERT can't reach everywhere and can't get there in a heart beat so basically what we are doing is teaching the students how to start hands only CPR and to be able to maintain until the ambulance gets there so at the end of the day it is a mutual benefit for everybody and so we have been doing this across the country. It started in Corozal and we will be ending this year in Stann Creek so there are multiple schools we are going to, to teach them the basic hands only CPR which consist of chest compressions, teaching them how to do it correctly and to recognize it and get it started."

Courtney Weatherburne:
"Why is it important to engage the kids?"

Leon Seguro, Trainer, BERT
"Well first we have them all in one place that is the start at the school, second they are the ones that are always around, they will see first, they will be able to recognize that something is wrong so even if they are scared, they recognize and they are also taught to go get help so they don't just start compression by themselves, they are taught to go get help and if help comes tell them what to do and they would start or allow the person to start so they get trained to do everything and second they will get big and with the knowledge..because we do this at primary and secondary schools. So we try to do first and third form in secondary school so they will be getting it twice before they leave high school and at that point they should be quite comfortable with the situation and if they are lucky at primary school so they may have it 3 or more times before they becomes an adult."

"The goal at the end of the day is to get everybody in this entire country to do basic hands only CPR that would be a first of it's kind."

Courtney Weatherburne:
"What is one thing you would take away from this training, one or two things you learn that if you are in a situation like that you will know how to react."

Mark Ramsey, STD 6
"Well like if I am in a situation like that, instantly you drop to the ground and put your hands in the center of the chest and you start to pump and you pump two time per second."

BERT personnel volunteer their time to provide this CPR training to schools countrywide. They have conducted these sessions in two schools in Corozal, they will move over to 2 schools in Orange Walk, schools in Cayo and Stann Creek. They will also finish up with about 4 more schools in the city. But BERT also provides more advanced training for adult individuals or groups at a cost. If you would like to find out more about these sessions you can call 223-0078.