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On Friday, Belfair Elementary School fifth-grader Isabelle Hill receives
gifts andkudos from North Mason Regional Fire Authority Chief Beau
Bakken and Assistant Fire Chief Scott Cooper at a school assembly where
Hill was honored for using CPR to try to save her grandmother.
Hera/d photo Gordon Weeks
Student remembered CPR training in attempt to save family member
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncouniy.com
Belfair Elementary School student Isabelle
Hill was paying attention last June when the
North Mason. Regional Fire Authority hosted its
annual Safety Days at her school.
Now in the fifth grade, Hill recently was awak~
ened by her grandfather, who said her grand—
mother was on the bathroom floor and wasn’t
breathing. Did she know how to perform CPR, he
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The answer was “yes,” thanks to the instruc—
tion Hill received in June. She applied her new
skill, but was unable to bring her grandmother
back to life.
Hill was honored for her heroic attempt Friday
at a school assembly. Members of the NMRFA
showered her with praise and gifts, including two
bouquets of flowers, a stuffed animal, an invita-
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The announcement of that final gift elicited
gasps from her classmates. ‘
North Mason Regional Fire Authority Chief
Beau Bakken told the students people tell him el-
ementary students are too young to learn CPR —
which was clearly not the case here.
“She paid attention, and she said, “I know it,’
” he said.
The firefighters and paramedics will return to
Belfair and Sand Hill elementary schools in June
to teach the safety lessons again.
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