What are the Vision & Goals of the Temple CPR Task
Force?
Vision: 10% of
the Temple resident lay population
is able to administer bystander CPR as well as quickly find and use a public
defibrillator thus significantly and measurably improving the sudden cardiac
arrest survival rate for Temple
citizens and the surrounding areas.
Goals: The vision
will be accomplished by:
- Finding
funding for and acquiring sufficient American Heart Association CPR
Anytime for Family & Friends kits to prepare 10% of the Temple
population to administer bystander CPR and use a public defibrillator;
- Developing
and implementing a methodology to teach bystander CPR and public
defibrillator use to 10% of the Temple
population;
- Developing
an in-building location inventory of public defibrillators available in
the Temple area; and,
- Empowering
911 facilities serving the Temple
area to locate public defibrillators on a real time basis within the
immediate vicinity of a sudden cardiac arrest event, upon receiving a 911
call.
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Last revised: 4/27/2008