Heart Safe Communities Initiative Niagara on the Lake Early, effective defibrillation can only be achieved if an AED is available at or near the site of the cardiac arrest
What is a Heart Safe Community? A Heart Safe Community is a program designed to enhance a communities response to sudden cardiac arrest by developing local infrastructure such as strategic placement of AEDs and community wide CPR training focused on strengthening the ‘Chain of Survival’ Early, effective defibrillation can only be achieved if an AED is available at or near the site of the cardiac arrest
Partnerships Our principal fundraising partner is the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada through the ‘Ride for Heart’ – EMS / PAD Challenge Over the last two years the Pedal Angels have been the top fundraising team in the EMS/PAD Challenge
Niagara EMS Pedal Angels The Niagara EMS Pedal Angels are a group of dedicated paramedics who have been raising funds and placing AEDs throughout the region of Niagara. Over the last three years the Pedal Angels have raised more than $80 000 and have placed 32 AEDs. And have provided training for up to 500 local community responders. We developed Niagara’s first Heart Safe Community in the Township of Wainfleet. Our goal is to make the Niagara Region the safest ‘Heart Safe Community’ in the province of Ontario one community at a time Over the last three years the Pedal Angels have raised more than $80 000 and have placed 30 AEDs
Niagara Region Heart Safe Communities Initiative Wainfleet - initiative complete 11 AEDs placed, 150 responders trained NOTL – initiative launched Spring 2014 Outlook to place between 30-40 AEDs, and train up to 500 responders Lincoln / Pelham – Fall 2014 Ft. Erie / West Lincoln – 2015 Grimsby Thorold Pt. Colborne Welland Niagara Falls St. Catharines What is a Heart Safe Community? A Heart Safe Community is A Heart Safe Community is a program designed to enhance a communities response to sudden cardiac arrest by developing local infrastructure such as strategic placement of AEDs and community wide CPR training focused on strengthening the ‘Chain of Survival’
Regional Partnerships The Pedal Angels work in partnership with the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and Heart Niagara. We raise our funds locally through the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The Pedal Angles determine where to place AEDs in our community, and we coordinate our AED placements through Heart Niagara, our regional Public Access Defibrillator Coordinator Over the last two years the Pedal Angels have been the top fundraising team in the EMS/PAD Challenge
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Why AEDs Sudden Cardiac Arrest – Statistical Outcomes No Bystander CPR – your friend, family member or co-worker remains in cardiac arrest. Bystander CPR – currently your friend, family member or co-worker has about a 5% chance to recover. Bystander CPR and an AED – currently your friend, family member, or co- worker has up to a 75% chance to recover. Every year, about 40,000 Canadians experience sudden cardiac arrest , that’s one incident every 12 minutes
AED/CPR Strategy – Pedal Angels AEDs to be placed in high density population locations within urban communities • AEDs to be placed at common community gathering locations within rural • communities AEDs to be placed in locations that have special circumstances • Each AED placement needs to be linked to a sustainable community based • CPR training plan Without defibrillation chances of survival reduce by 10% each minute, with virtually no chance for survival after 10 minutes
AED / CPR Strategy for Niagara Heart Safe Communities Initiative The Heart Safe Community Initiative is centered about the placement of multiple AED’s located in strategic locations within a given community. Each AED location will be linked with a sustainable community based public awareness program and CPR training plan Even if an AED is never used, it’s community placement will contribute to enhance community resuscitation engagement in the home setting Combined with CPR, the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) may increase the likelihood of saving a person’s life by 75% or more over CPR alone
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