A Board Update :. Keeping Young and Old Hearts Beating Strong The South Brunswick C.P.R. and A.E.D....

A Board Update:

Keeping Young and Old Hearts Beating Strong

The South Brunswick

C.P.R. and A.E.D. Initiative

The Young & the Young at Heart…

• Not just adults• Increasing number

of children due to:

Obesity

Blood pressure

Cholesterol

Type 2 Diabetes

Heart Health: By the Numbers

1 Killer in the nation: cardiovascular disease

2 Number of times children 11-18 eat fast food per week

15% of children are overweight

33% of children watch TV at least 3 hours a day

32% of adolescent girls drink two cans of soda per day, and…

53% of adolescent boys50% of all American adults

don’t know their cholesterol levels

66% of adults are overweight

Half million women per year die from heart disease

If a cardiac arrest

happened to a loved one or a close

friend, would you

know how to perform CPR?

The vast majority of

Americans do not.

Chronology

• 2003 Shop Rite AED• 2004 Policy Drafted• 2004 AED Task Force Created• 2005 Initial Purchase Completed• 2005 AED Coordinator Named

Identify & TrainInstall AEDsLabel buildingsInform local EMSStandardize announcementsInitial Set Up informationInventory suppliesRecord Keep

Chronology

• 2005 MERT Teams Established and Trained

• 2006 AEDs from the County FreeholdersReceiving 10 from County; Total of 24

All elementary buildings- 1 (GB/BA- 2)

Middle Schools- 2; Athletic Trainer- 1

High School- 5 (each floor and annex)

Building & Grounds (4 Executive Drive)- 1

Board Office (Black Horse Lane)- 2

• 2006 MERT Teams drilled

• 2006-07 CPR/AED into Health Curriculum

Last Words…

“No knowledge is more crucial than knowledge about health. Without it, no

other life goal can be successfully achieved.”

Ernest Boyer