Fifty-two students from Massapequa High School-Main and Ames campuses are now skilled in identifying and responding to alcohol-related emergencies. They recently completed the Red Watch Band training program, an initiative spearheaded by students and administrators from Stony Brook University to curb alcohol-related accidents among high school and college students.
Participants must complete two hours of alcohol emergency training and three hours of CPR training, and attend follow-up meetings to discuss their experiences, reinforce skills and recruit new student members when training sessions become available. Massapequa’s program is coordinated by high school social workers Kimberly Hession of the Ames Campus, and Joanne Waters of the Main Campus, as well as school nurse and certified CPR instructor Kathy Perednia of the Ames Campus.
To acknowledge their new skill, students were presented with certificates and red watch bands to remind them that every second counts in an alcohol-related emergency.
