Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students certified in mental health first aid

More than 30 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine students completed training and were certified in mental health first aid.

Mental health first aid is an eight-hour training course designed to help participants build key skills necessary to help a person coping with a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis.

Mental health first aid teaches skills that can be used in a crisis just as CPR training helps a layperson without medical training assist an individual suffering a heart attack.

Kristina Cucci of Brodheadsville, completed the training.