PSOW 2016 - Community CPR Challenge
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COMMUNITY CPR CHALLENGEMichael D. Curtis, MD
Assistant Chief Chief Joe GemzaEMS Division Chief Scott Habeck
A Pebble in a Pond
The Challenge Two communities competed
Train the most people in hands-only CPR for adults
Deploy the most new AEDs Raise the most money to fund new AEDs
February and March 2016 Wausau vs Stevens Point
Getting Started The Idea: Sherrie Galle-Teske
American Red Cross (Formerly) Portage County Cardiac Arrest Survival Team
2-3 organizational meetings: Ground Rules
Foundations to receive and distribute donated monies
Getting the mayor in on the challenge Media Coverage
FoundationsSaint Michael’s Foundation receives gift to
support Cardiac Arrest Survival Team
Have to get the Word Out!“Create the Buzz”
• Press Release • Worked very well for us to get started • Great chemistry with Chief Finn and Chief
Kujawa as well as the Mayors
Timing is Everything
Central Wisconsin CPR Challenge started in Wausau on February 8, 2015
Assembly was voting on Wisconsin’s CPR in Schools Bill the following day
Brought additional coverage with a twist
Have to get the Word Out!“Create the Buzz”
Creation of the Flyer
“Yeah” for Social Media Stevens Point & Wausau Fire’s Facebook
Page Tweet (AED Superstore) Helped keep “BUZZ” alive for 2 months Kept the News Stations interested with
continual coverage Got the word out >>>>>>
Partners in the Challenge American Heart Association American Red Cross AED Superstore
AED Superstore Gave the Departments
1.1600 pocket masks
2.8 manikins with supplies
3.Variety of AED Trainers
4.2 AEDs for each Foundation
Classes, Classes, Classes BIG and Small
High Schools Universities and Colleges
Businesses Civic Group
Scouts Churches
Individuals You name it _______
(If anybody wanted to learn CPR we would teach them!)
At the End of It All ……The CPR Challenge trained 3,559 individuals
Placement of 3 new AEDs in Central Wisconsin
St. Michaels Foundation and St. Clares Foundation assisted in raising a total of $4,500
The Scoreboard at the ENDWausau Fire Department
2,225
Stevens Point Fire
Department
1,334
No Better Way to Wrap It UP than with the Governor
On April 26, 2016 we shared the success of the CPR Challenge along with Governor Walker’s signing of the CPR in Schools Bill
Making it Happen Building relationships throughout the
community Work with large employers, schools,
universities No group too small Well-received in the community
Making it Happen Department buy-in Need people who enjoy teaching Time consuming to schedule and
organize training sessions Volunteer support would help
Future Directions Schools now required to do CPR training Let’s go Statewide with this! February is Heart Month October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Awareness Month Data Collection (CARES) Adopting best practices
New Legislative Initiatives?
Dispatchers: Mandatory EMD training and use of commercially available EMD programs
Deployment of AEDs in certain public or government buildings with a certain minimum amount of traffic
Statewide Registry of Cardiac Arrest Cases CARES
Local Registries of Cardiac Arrest Cases Creating a Governor’s Task Force on Cardiac
Arrest Survival