EDC EPDRU’s Vlad Cruz demonstrates how to do CPR on a cardiac arrest ‘patient’Some 30 participants from the Parent-Teacher Association and Yapak Women’s Club of Yapak Elementary School in Morong, Rizal attended a lecture on first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the school on July 12, 2019.

The two-hour activity highlighted lifesaving skills like CPR, wound care and dealing with other emergencies. The instructors were Paul Rivera and Vlad Cruz from the Energy Development Corporation Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response Unit and Jhaydie Arevalo, a Morongbased teacher who volunteered to share her lifesaving expertise; Arevalo is one of the regular subject matter experts on the ABS-CBN program “Kuha Mo!” hosted by Anthony Taberna.

Rivera also presented a first aid cabinet with supplies to the faculty of Yapak Elementary School and the Yapak Women’s Club on behalf of Lopez Group Foundation Inc. (Story/Photos by: Gerbs de Castro)