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White Plains Hospital teams up with Highlands Middle School for life-saving CPR lessons

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- In honor of American Heart Month, middle school students in Westchester learned life-saving lessons Wednesday.

Dozens of seventh and eighth graders in White Plains were taught how to perform CPR and what to do in an emergency.

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White Plains Hospital teamed up with Highlands Middle School to support the American Heart Association's "Be the Beat" campaign.

Students also participated in a jump rope challenge to measure their heart rate.

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