CPR Instruction
Beginning with the 2017-18 school year, graduates from any public school or charter school must have received 30 minutes of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) instruction and training in the proper performance of the Heimlich maneuver or other first aid for choking.
As required by law, instruction shall be included in the district or charter school’s existing health or physical education curriculum. Instruction shall be based on a program established by the American Heart Association, the American Red Cross, or through a nationally recognized program based on the most current national evidence-based emergency cardiovascular care guidelines.
(This information is from DESE's Graduation Requirements for Students in Public Schools.)
