Ua hoʻokumu ke Keʻena Hoʻonaʻauao Mokuʻāina ʻo Hawaiʻi i kahi papahana hoʻokele i kēia mahina e hoʻolauna i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i nā haumāna a me nā limahana ma ka mokuʻāina.

Wahi a ka Hawaiʻi Heart Foundation, 75% o ka hopu ʻana i ka naʻau ma ka home. Aia ma Oʻahu ma luna o 1,000 ka hopu ʻana i ka naʻau i kēlā me kēia makahiki, me ka nui o ke ola o kēia manawa he 10% awelika. Hana ka poʻe kū i ka CPR ma lalo o 1 i loko o 3 mau hopunaʻi puʻuwai ma Hawaiʻi, me ka emi ʻana o ke ola ma kahi o 10% i kēlā me kēia minuke ʻaʻohe hana i hana ʻia.

"ʻO ka hapa nui o ka hopu ʻana i ka naʻau ma ka home, no laila he mea nui ka hiki ke pane aku e kōkua i ka ʻohana," wahi a Pam Foster, ka luna hoʻokele o ka Hawaiʻi Heart Foundation. "Pono nā mea pane kaiāulu ... inā hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonui i ka helu pane, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonui i ka helu ola."

The goal of the pilot program — which will target approximately 20,000 HIDOE students a year —  is to increase survival rates by providing students with focused, hands-on CPR/AED training during their high school years so they have life-saving knowledge and skills should the need arise. While some HIDOE high schools utilize their career technical education (CTE) pathways to already implement these types of training, this pilot program will allow all HIDOE students to have access to this life saving skill.

ʻO nā haumāna ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Mililani ka poʻe mua ma ka mokuʻāina i loaʻa ke aʻo ʻana ma o ka papahana hoʻokele i kēia ʻApelila.

"Ke aʻo nei mākou i nā keiki pehea e hoʻopakele ai i nā ola a pehea e kākoʻo ai a kaʻana like i kēia me kā lākou mau hoaaloha a me nā ʻohana," wahi a Micah Turell, ke kumu olakino papa 10 o ke kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Mililani. "Ke lana nei koʻu manaʻo ʻo ia kekahi o nā haʻawina e hiki ai i nā haumāna ke mālama a hoʻohana pū inā loaʻa."

Ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Colton Shinagawa i ka papa 10: "I kēia manawa ke manaʻo nei au inā hiki mai kekahi mea i mua oʻu, e mākaukau wau."

E loaʻa nō hoʻi nā haumāna kula kiʻekiʻe a me nā haumāna kula waena o Waialua i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka mahina o Mei, ma kahi o 20 mau papa aʻo i hoʻopau ʻia ma ka hopena o ka makahiki kula. Ke hoʻolālā ʻia nei nā pā kula HIDOE hou i ke kauwela a me ka makahiki kula e hiki mai ana.

"He mea koʻikoʻi ka ʻike lima e hoʻolako i kēlā aʻo ʻoiaʻiʻo no laila ke mahalo nui nei mākou i ka Hawaiʻi Heart Foundation, nā kahu hānai o Hawaiʻi Keiki, a me ko mākou ʻahaʻōlelo mokuʻāina no ke kōkua ʻana i ke kālā ʻana i kēia papahana," wahi a Superintendent Keith Hayashi. "Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kā mākou mau haumāna i ka hoʻokūkū ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa a kūpaʻa kūloko, ʻo ia kahi ʻāpana o kēlā kūpaʻa kūloko, hiki ke loaʻa i kēlā mau mākau a me ka ʻike e hoʻololi ai i ke ola o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe."

Upon completion, each participating student will recieve a CPR/AED competency card — which recognizes proficiency and knowldege in lifesaving skills under the Good Samaritan Law — from the Hawai‘i Heart Foundation.