BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – The University of Vermont is preparing students to be ready in the event of nearly any kind of medical emergency.
More than 100 students registered to take CPR, AED, Stop the Bleed and Narcan training at a special training on Tuesday. The all-day course was put on by the Department of Emergency Management at UVM. Student organizers say they chose these techniques in particular because the time between when an emergency happens and when first responders arrive at the scene can mean life or death.
“The biggest thing is that it can happen to anyone, anywhere and the more people having training is really important,” said Abbie Correll, a student.
“From like the bystanders in public to the ambulance to the emergency department, a lot kind of needs to go right in that chain of survival,” said Stephen Mathyas, a Cat ECare student intern.
Last summer, all 84 public access AEDs on UVM’s campus were equipped with Stop the Bleed kits and Narcan.