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In Springs, Graduating Class Learns How To Save Lives

authorVirginia Garrison on Jan 10, 2012
Kneeling on mats on the gym floor, Springs School eighth-graders circled mannequins as Pierson High School students coached them in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and in using defibrillators last Thursday.

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