Penn High School student honored with Heartsaver Hero Award
MISHAWAKA, Ind. – A Penn High school student was honored on Monday night with the Heartsaver Hero Award.
The American Heart Association presented the award to high school senior Logan Hill during a school board meeting.
Hill was honored because he saved a man’s life last month using CPR which was taught to him at Penn High School.
Rod Pawlik, Hill’s health teacher, has taught CPR in his classes for many years and was also recognized at the meeting.
The American Heart Association passed a law in 2014 that added CPR training to the list of high school graduation requirements.
The association shared that in the United States, more than 350,000 people experience sudden cardiac arrest every year. Only 46 percent of those people receive immediate CPR from bystanders, and 90 percent of those individuals die. Immediate bystander CPR can triple a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival.
Photos courtesy of the Penn-Harris-Madison Corporation
