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Concurrent Block #3

Community Strategies & Survivorship

Changing Landscapes in Awareness, Action, and Advocacy

From the Field to the Frontlines: What’s Happened Since January 2, 2023

Thursday, November 30, 2023
3:20 PM – 3:45 PM PST
Location: Town and Country Ballroom C

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Martha Lopez-Anderson

    Executive Director
    Parent Heart Watch
    Wilmington, DE, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • Mary M. Newman, M.S.

    President & CEO
    Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation
    Wexford, Pennsylvania, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Moderator(s)

  • MR

    Myra Robinson

    Disclosure information not submitted.

Disclosure(s):
Martha Lopez-Anderson: No financial relationships to disclose
Summary: This presentation will highlight the groundswell of action since January 2, 2023, when the cardiac arrest of a professional football player that was viewed by millions on national TV created momentum that we must continue to build on.

Synopsis: Collaborations, unified messaging, education, advocacy and resources are paramount to changing the paradigm of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in our country.

This presentation will review:
• Proposed and enacted legislation throughout the U.S. on AEDs, CPR, Cardiac Emergency Response Planning and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention, highlighting the status of bills introduced in 2023, which at the time of submission totaled 36.
• The role professional sports associations, nonprofit organizations, businesses and individuals play in increasing survival rates.
• Examples of how organizations leveraged a very public cardiac arrest and how others missed opportunities.
• Call-Push-Shock Movement: Improving public awareness about what cardiac arrest is, how to identify it, and how to respond to it.

Learning Objectives:

  • Encourage attendees to unite and continue building on the momentum by sharing the Call-Push-Shock movement tested messaging and collateral materials available for anyone to use for motivating bystander action to help increase out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rates. Also, illustrate how attendees can support or advance legislation in their own state.
  • This presentation will include ways to educate citizens that can lead to a comprehensive change to a culture of excellence and improved CPR training in the community, schools and workplace.