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Friday, June 21 is the official start of summer. The season should be a time of joy, spent hanging out at the beach and barbecuing in the backyard. Too often, however . . . more

6/13/19

Staying safe when the summer heats up

Summer is finally here. It should be a time of joy, spent barbecuing in the backyard and hanging out at the beach. Too often, however, summer turns tragic when it needn’t. The American Red Cross offers the following guidelines . . . more

6/21/18

Stay safe in and around the water this summer

Public and private pools are busy all over Long Island’s South Shore, and the Atlantic Ocean is finally warm enough for comfortable swimming. In any of those settings, an emphasis on safety . . . more

7/13/16

Austin McLoughlin, a senior at Calhoun High School in Merrick, saved a man’s life with the skills that he learned during a CPR unit he completed in phys. ed. class.

Calhoun senior saves hockey player with CPR

While attending an ice hockey tournament in upstate Lake Placid in late January, Calhoun High School senior Austin McLoughlin sprung into action to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation after a player was struck in the head and suffered a seizure on the ice. more

2/12/16

Craig Levine, a Merrick oral surgeon, leapt as he crossed the finish line of the 10th Annual Robbie’s Run, the Merrick 5K his family’s foundation held on April 26 at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School, to tap an overhanging photo of his late son, Robbie. On Sept. 27, 2005, Robbie died suddenly at the age of 9 when he his heart stopped while he was running the bases of the Lakeside baseball field visible in the background. Craig tried giving CPR to his son, but there was no AED on hand. Craig and his wife, Jill, founded Forever 9: The Robbie Levine Foundation, which since 2006 has organized the annual Robbie’s Run 5K fundraiser, to purchase AEDs for schools and youth ball fields and provide classes in CPR.

Hundreds race in Robbie’s Run

They came from Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York City, upstate New York — even Virginia. Most of the hundreds of runners in the 10th Annual Robbie’s Run, however, came from Merrick. more

4/29/15

Runners took off from the starting line at the 2013 Robbie’s Run. The annual Merrick 5K raises money for automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment and training. This year’s Robbie Run will take place Sunday, April 26, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School.

Robbie’s Run is set for April 26

The 10th Annual Robbie’s Run — the Merrick 5K fundraiser for Forever 9: The Robbie Levine Foundation, which funds automated external defibrillators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation equipment and training — will take place Sunday, April 26, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School. more

4/22/15

Senior Danielle Losquadro and her classmates at Calhoun High School recently received training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of the automated external defibrillator. Every student in the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District will be trained in CPR/AED this year.

Central expands CPR/AED training to all schools

All 1,360 Calhoun High School students are now receiving potentially life-saving training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of the automated external defibrillator. By the end of the school year, all 5,562 students in the Bellmore-Merrick Central School District will be trained. more

By Scott Brinton | 11/18/14

Using CPR and an AED, Camp Avenue School nurse Mari Titterton saved the life of a colleague who had collapsed on Sept. 11.

Camp Avenue nurse saves co-worker's life

Mari Titterton is a nurse by profession, and every year she goes through the same cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automated external defibrillator training to renew a certification. Her years of preparation proved crucial in a matter of moments last Thursday afternoon. more

By Brian Racow | 9/17/14

Stay safe in the water this summer

Now that school is over, the action will ramp up at backyard and public pools as well as Long Island’s beaches. more

6/20/13

Instructor Kevin O’Hara Jr. showed students how to perform the Heimlich maneuver.

Robbie Levine Foundation shows how to save a life

To increase awareness of the importance of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and life-saving techniques such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the Robbie Levine Foundation sponsored free AED/CPR certification courses in Bellmore-Merrick recently. more

By Julie Mansmann | 1/30/13

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