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Concurrent Block #2

Resuscitation Education

Innovations in School CPR Training

Age-Appropriate Education in Leadership and Lifesaving Skills

Thursday, November 30, 2023
11:40 AM – 12:05 PM PST
Location: Town and Country Ballroom D

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Alan Himelfarb, MBA

    Executive Director
    Starting Hearts
    Avon, CO, United States

    Disclosure(s): Starting Hearts: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

    • Moderator(s)

  • Jennifer Russell, MBA (she/her/hers)

    Director of Operations
    Advanced Coronary Treatment (ACT) Foundation of Canada Inc.
    Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Disclosure information not submitted.

Disclosure(s):
Alan Himelfarb, MBA: Starting Hearts: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)
Summary: Starting Hearts Call.Push.Shock.(TM) curriculum is the first of its kind, age-appropriate education for students from kindergarten to high school that empowers children and young adults with leadership and lifesaving skills to last a lifetime.

Synopsis: In 2014, the founder of Starting Hearts, Lynn Blake, a sudden cardiac arrest survivor herself, decided to create a free, short, to the point, practical class to empower citizens to respond to a cardiac arrest. Lynn was the originator of the Call.Push.Shock.(TM) terminology, now increasingly used in our industry. Her one-hour presentation explained the key concepts for any lay person to provide early care during a cardiac arrest emergency. Since then, Starting Hearts has taught over 35,000 people, including more than 20,000 students. In 2018, Alan Himelfarb, Executive Director of Starting Hearts, envisioned an age-appropriate curriculum comprised of four classes for students from kindergarten to high school, with engaging and entertaining videos, hands-on practice, and additional resources for teachers. The Call.Push.Shock.(TM) curriculum is now complete and ready for distribution across the nation. This presentation will introduce the curriculum as an instructive means to empower a new generation of lifesavers.

Learning Objectives:

  • Attendees will learn of a new, first-of-its-kind, age-appropriate curriculum that empowers youth with leadership and lifesaving skills to last a lifetime.
  • Attendees will learn that a fully-rationalized educational program can have a direct effect on positive outcomes in their communities.
  • 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 describe one or more survivor / rescuer stories that can be used to illustrate an effective chain of survival for cardiac arrest.
  • This presentation will discuss ways to advance Public Access AED placement and utilization.
  • This presentation will describe three (3) strategies for implementing effective support systems for cardiac arrest victims, survivors and their families and rescuers.