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“Basic Aid Training”
Graduation Day for student’s of Mrs. Cassidy”s Fourth Grade class
at Parker Elementary School in Tolland. A total of 245 Fourth Grader’s participated in the class which is sponsored
by the Tolland Fire Department, the P.T.O and taught by Tolland Fire Fighters Dennis Carlson, Joseph Duval and Parker Health and
Safety Instructor Bonnie Buttafuso. This program has been at Parker since 1998 and there have been graduates of this program
that have been credited with saving lives.
Dennis speaks to an afternoon BAT class at Parker School.
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Students learn the proper way
to check a person's pulse
Dennis and Mark assist two students
with the Heimlich Maneuver.
Joe tests a student from the 2008 class on Rescue Breathing
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A student practices the look, listen and feel
technique to check to see if a person
is breathing.
Joe goes over some basic
first aid techniques.
Fire Fighter Ben Roper tests students on bandaging.
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The Tolland Fire Department, along with the Tolland PTO and Board of Education, sponsor the Basic Aid
Training program for 4th Grade students at Parker Memorial School.
Here Fire Fighters Dennis Carlson and Joseph Duval along with Mrs. Logsdon, Health Teacher at Parker, stand
along side two of the B.A.T. students who have recently used their skills in an emergency. The students are Austin (L)
who made a quick 911 call after spotting a neighbors house on fire and Shannen (R) who used the Heimlich Manuever on her brother
who was choking on a piece of candy.
WFSB Ch. 3 TV Report & Video
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Parker Memorial School B.A.T. Program
Boy's quick thinking makes him a lifesaver
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