Today the Children’s Hospital of Richmond astatine VCU celebrated putting the last alloy beam connected its caller 16-story children’s tower. (Photo: VCU)
Today the Children’s Hospital of Richmond astatine VCU celebrated putting the last alloy beam connected its caller 16-story children’s tower. (Photo: VCU)RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia schools are preparing for a abrupt cardiac apprehension connected schoolhouse grounds by partnering with The Children’s Hospital of Richmond astatine Virginia Commonwealth University. The infirmary precocious partnered with the nationalist non-profit Project ADAM. It helps schools beryllium prepared to attraction for students, faculty, staff, and visitors who whitethorn acquisition abrupt cardiac arrest.
Project ADAM’s cardinal absorption is ensuring that schools person and tin usage automated outer defibrillators (AED). An AED is simply a commonly disposable instrumentality that tin analyse the heart’s bushed and automatically present an electrical daze to reconstruct mean rhythm.
Virginia schools indispensable conscionable the 14 criteria to beryllium considered a Project ADAM heart-safe school. Some requirements see having on-site AEDs, employing CPR and AED-certified squad members, educating the full unit astir the programme and exigency effect plan, and conducting abrupt cardiac apprehension drills.
Virginia schoolhouse unit and parents funny successful their schools becoming heart-safe tin interaction Dr. John Phillips at john.phillips@vcuhealth.org or Lexi Stevens, the programme coordinator, at alexis.stevens@vcuhealth.org for details connected however to get started.
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