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Student athletes at Santa Fe Christian High School practice their CPR skills on dummies during a daylong training program. Called Athletes Saving Athletes, it aims to make young players more aware of injury risks and to prepare them to deal with emergencies. (SHNS photo courtesy Beth Mallon / Advocates for Injured Athletes)

High school athletes learn life-saving skills in program

SOLANA BEACH, Calif. -- Tommy Mallon brought a crowd with him on his most recent trip back to his alma mater, Santa Fe Christian High School here.

Besides his mom and some instructors, the entourage included several dozen dummies, the kind used to practice cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

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