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Roundtable Presentation & Discussion

Breakfast with Champions Presentations & Roundtable Discussions

Minnesota AED Project : providing a comprehensive approach to improving community readiness for cardiac emergencies.

Friday, December 1, 2023
7:00 AM – 8:00 AM PST
Location: Table #9 - near Demo Stage

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH

    Center for Resuscitation Medicine Program Director
    University of Minnesota
    Minneapolis, MN, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):
Kimberly K. Harkins, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Learning Objectives:

  • Learn about tools to identify AED gaps in communities and solutions for placing AEDs.
  • Understand the interaction between new programs and opportunities to strengthen the first two links of the chain of survival.
  • 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.
  • This presentation will discuss ways to advance Public Access AED placement and utilization.
  • This presentation will describe one or more survivor / rescuer stories that can be used to illustrate an effective chain of survival for cardiac arrest.