Matagaluega o Aoga a le Setete o Hawaii

Ka 'Oihana Ho'ona'auao o le Malo o Hawai'i

Polokalama pailate fou o lo'o fa'amoemoe e fa'ateleina fua o le ola o le fatu i Hawai'i

Student practicing CPR and AED on a CPR manikin. They are surrounded by other students in a classroom.

Na fa'alauiloa e le Matagaluega o A'oga a le Setete o Hawai'i se polokalame fa'ata'ita'i i le masina nei e fa'ailoa ai le fa'aolaina o le cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) ma a'oa'oga fa'aautometi fafo (AED) i tamaiti aoga ma tagata faigaluega i le setete atoa.

E tusa ai ma le Hawai'i Heart Foundation, 75% o pu'ega fatu e tupu ile fale. I O'ahu e silia ma le 1,000 fatu pu'eina i le tausaga, fa'atasi ai ma fua faatatau o lo'o ola i le taimi nei e tusa ma le 10%. E fa'atino e tagata o lo'o va'ava'ai i le CPR i lalo ifo o le 1 i le 3 pu'ega fatu i Hawai'i, fa'atasi ai ma le fa'aitiitia o fua o le ola e tusa ma le 10% i minute uma e leai se gaioiga e faia.

"O le tele o le pu'eina o le fatu e tupu i le fale, o lea o le mafai ona tali atu e fesoasoani i se tagata o le aiga e taua tele," o le tala lea a Pam Foster, le pule sili o le Hawai'i Heart Foundation. "O tagata tali mai e taua tele ... afai e mafai ona e faʻateleina le tali, e mafai ona e faʻateleina le fua o le 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.

O fanau aoga i le aoga maualuga a Mililani na muamua i le setete na mauaina aoaoga e ala i le polokalame pailate ia Aperila.

"O loʻo matou aʻoaʻoina tamaiti i le auala e faʻasaoina ai ola ma faʻafefea ona fautua ma faʻasoa atu ia latou uo ma aiga," o le tala lea a Micah Turell High School 10th faiaoga o le soifua maloloina. “Ou te fa’amoemoe lava o se tasi lea o a’oa’oga e mafai e tamaiti a’oga ona taofi ma fa’aaoga fo’i pe a tupu.”

Ina ua uma le aʻoaʻoga, na fai mai Colton Shinagawa o le vasega 10: "O lea ua ou lagona e pei o se mea e tupu i oʻu luma, o le a ou sauni."

O le a maua fo’i a’oa’oga a tamaiti a’oga maualuluga ma Intermediate i Waialua ia Me, e tusa ma le 20 a’oa’oga ua mae’a i le fa’ai’uga o le tausaga a’oga. Ole tele o lotoa ole HIDOE o lo'o fuafua nei ile taumafanafana ma le tausaga a'oga o lumana'i.

“E taua tele le poto masani e maua ai lena a'oa'oga moni o lea matou te matua fa'afetai ai i le Hawai'i Heart Foundation, Hawai'i Keiki tausima'i, ma le matou fono faitulafono a le setete mo le fesoasoani e fa'atupe lenei poloketi," o le tala lea a Superintendent Keith Hayashi. "A tatou talanoa e uiga i a tatou tamaiti aʻoga o loʻo tauva i le lalolagi atoa ma faʻamaoni i le lotoifale, o se vaega lea o lena tautinoga faʻapitonuʻu, o le mafai ona maua na tomai ma le poto e faia ai se suiga i olaga o isi."

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.