SEABROOK, S.C. (WSAV) — Since Burton Fire started teaching CPR in schools, there have been three patients saved and that’s why experts said that classes like the First Responder Program are so important. Beaufort County EMS and Burton Fire Department (BFD) teamed up to teach students at Whale Branch Early College High School the key components in saving a life. The First Responder Program educated students on how to properly perform CPR, the Heimlich and even stopping the bleed with a tourniquet and wound packing lesson. "I feel like it's something that we could take on for years and years and years because this is something that every child needs to know in order to save someone's life," Aniyah Roberts, a freshman at Whale Branch said. Dan Byrne with Burton Fire said, students from Whale Branch are especially important because they’re in a rural area well removed from the hospital, fire and EMS. The average response time he said is around 10-15 minutes. “There are rural county problems,” Byrne said. "We've had a lot of shootings and other incidents here in Beaufort County. So, you never know where these students might be and be able to put on a tourniquet and be able to start CPR, be able to stop critical bleeding. Anything we can do to save a life." Kevin Jenkins, freshman at Whale Branch, said he’s now confident in his abilities to one day help save a life. “I feel prepared for the real world, for other people if I can save them and save their lives before anybody else can.” And Roberts said that she will continue to teach others especially after losing someone close to home. “I feel I have my mom, and I wish that I was able to perform CPR on her before she died. So, I just feel a type a way about it, you know,” Roberts said. “I want to be able to teach more people about it so that more people can teach more people. So, it's just, you know, a big thing.” Byrne said that the program is especially important in rural areas with longer response times. They will also be teaching the program to Battery Creek students later this week.