Cpr Persuasive Speech

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CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) could save the lives of hundreds, thousands even! CPR is a sequence of starting the heart and getting air into the lungs. CPR is a vital sequence in order to save a person from a heart attack. People around the US are arguing over whether it should be required to graduate high school. I think CPR should be taught as a required class.
CPR is endorsed because it can save lives of thousands, as did a boy in Arizona. Scholastic Scope says, "William Mai, sixteen, saved a man's life when he suffered from a heart attack." William said that he took a class on CPR a few years earlier, and he thought he would never use. Twenty-seven states have made CPR a required class, says The Washington Post. But, The Washington

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