Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Sponsors CPR Kit Donation to Memorial Parkway Junior High School

On April 14, the American Heart Association (AHA), with the support of Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, donated a CPR training kit to Katy ISD’s Memorial Parkway Junior High School. The donation was made possible by Kelsey-Seybold’s AHA sponsorship. The clinic’s sponsorship covers the cost of the kit, which is valued at $1,500 and includes training materials and CPR instruction offered through the AHA. During the presentation, Ronald Mullins, a volunteer from the AHA, instructed a class of Memorial Parkway eighth graders enrolled in Family Consumer Science on how to perform CPR. This CPR training kit, which is portable and easily stored, will be used at the junior high so students may gain lifesaving CPR knowledge. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic plans to sponsor additional CPR training kit donations to other schools within Katy ISD. According to the AHA, 350,000 people die from cardiac arrest in the United States every year. CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating. In cases of cardiac arrest, CPR may double or triple the chance of survival by keeping oxygenated blood flowing to the heart and brain. [caption id="attachment_383145" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Representatives from Kelsey-Seybold Clinic and the American Heart Association meet with Memorial Parkway Junior High faculty to donate a CPR kit. Left to right: Greg Kraus, principal, Memorial Parkway Junior High School; Megan Durnell, campus nurse, Memorial Parkway Junior High School; Dan D’Armond, vice president, American Heart Association; Michael Abreu, manager of sales employer products, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic; Rupa Puttappa, M.D., F.A.C.C., Cardiology, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic; Valerie Castro, R.N., nursing supervisor II, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic – Katy; and Alexxa Newman, senior development coordinator, American Heart Association.[/caption]