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Good work. You never know when that will come in handy. Regarding CPR in high school, I don't know if it's a geographic or age thing, but I don't recall learning it in HS (1971 grad in San Jose, CA). I also worked as a lifeguard during college. I don't recall CPR as part of Red Cross lifesaving back then, maybe just a casual intro. The only "recertification" I recall during the time I was a guard was swimming 400m in under seven minutes (?) at the start of each term in college. There was no skills practice as I recall.
Things have changed dramatically. I work (again) as a lifeguard part-time at the local YMCA. Though we have only a four-hour per month shift requirement, we have a required two-hour in-service session each month, at which one of the main points of focus is CPR. We have essentially two groups of lifeguards, old farts like me who tend to guard during the day when the other group – HS and college students – obviously can't. I'm away right now (in Italy, rode L'Eroica a week ago, doing the more normal tourist thing now ), but I'll ask what CPR training is available to our HS age guards outside of their Red Cross lifesaving course.
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