Tuesday, August 09, 2016
Michigan’s legislature has bills pending in the House and Senate to require the state’s Education Department to ensure by the 2017-18 academic year that health education guidelines provide for instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, and automatic external defibrillators, AEDs. In the high schools of Farmington Public Schools though, free CPR training, performed by the Farmington Hills Fire Department and City of Farmington Public Safety, has been offered already as an elective to train a small number of students during the past few years.
Now, with financial support from Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills, that will ramp up to 950 students being able to receive CPR training in the coming school year.
“This is a true partnership among the Farmington Hills Fire Department, the Farmington Public Schools and Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills,” said Ken Massey, mayor, Farmington Hills. “The hospital’s financial support allows the school system to obtain the initial equipment and supplies needed for the first year of this partnership. FHFD professionals will train the teachers so that in subsequent years the schools will be able to train their own students to perform CPR.”
The equipment to be purchased includes infant, pediatric and adult training manikins, assorted AED training materials, textbooks, DVDs and related materials. The hospital and its fundraising arm, The Botsford Foundation, contributed equally.
“For us at the hospital, this partnership speaks to our mission to provide compassionate, extraordinary care,” said Connie O’Malley, president, Beaumont Hospital, Farmington Hills. “Being a member of this community partnership means we’re making it possible over time to train thousands of people in the community to be CPR lifesavers. Our support means lives will be saved.”
Being a member of this community partnership means we’re making it possible over time to train thousands of people in the community to be CPR lifesavers.
Connie O'Malley
The American Heart Association says CPR can nearly triple survival rates for cardiac arrest by providing assistance until emergency responders arrive. Many of these incidents take place in the home and at large sporting events. Students trained in CPR could put their skills to good use.
In 2015, Beaumont, Farmington Hills received 1,596 patients who were admitted with cardiac events through the hospital’s Emergency & Trauma Center.
About Beaumont Health
Beaumont Health is Michigan's largest health care system, based on inpatient admissions and net patient revenue. A not-for-profit organization, it was formed in 2014 by Beaumont Health System, Botsford Health Care and Oakwood Healthcare to provide patients with the benefit of greater access to extraordinary, compassionate care, no matter where they live in Southeast Michigan. Beaumont Health consists of eight hospitals with 3,337 beds, 168 outpatient sites, nearly 5,000 physicians and 35,000 employees and about 3,500 volunteers. In 2015, the organization had $4.1 billion in net revenue with 177,934 inpatient admissions, 17,151 births and 530,860 emergency visits.