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CPR at Hermitage Park
ORGANIZATION: Illinois Heart Rescue
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Join us in teaching CPR at Hermitage Park!
Address: 5839 S Wood St, Chicago, IL 60636 Phone: (312) 747-6179
Illinois Heart Rescue Project
Illinois Heart Rescue (ILHR) seeks to increase out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survival rates in the State of Illinois by at least 100%. To accomplish this goal, we have partnered with the Illinois Department of Public Health and existing state-wide quality improvement systems (Get with the Guidelines Stroke, Mission Lifeline) to recruit and train Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems and hospitals in Illinois to collect quality cardiac arrest data into the CARES database that encourages improvement in local systems of care for sudden cardiac arrest. Our focus is to reduce health disparities in cardiac arrest outcomes using hot spotting to identify and intervene in communities with the highest incidence of cardiac arrest and poorest outcomes.
Since 2013, ILHR has trained over 24,300 community members on Hands Only CPR and AED use through establishing strong partnerships via diverse trainings at schools, hospitals, health associations, cultural centers, and major league sporting events, primarily in identified "hotspot"neighborhoods that have been documented to have the highest incidence of OHCA and the lowest incidence of bystander CPR. ILHR training efforts have resulted in bystander CPR rates in Chicago increasing from 13% in 2013 to 24% in 2015. In this time, Illinois has doubled its survival rate from 4% to 8%.
ContactsTeri Campbell, RN, BSN, CEN, CFRN
tlc.ilhr@outlook.com
Daisy Zamora
dzamor1@gmail.com
More opportunities with Illinois Heart Rescue
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Illinois Heart Rescue
Location:
808 S. Wood, Chicago, IL 60612, US
Mission Statement
The Illinois Heart Rescue project consists of a team of healthcare professionals, first responders, advocacy groups and community-based organizations who are committed to improving SCA survival rates in the State of Illinois.
Description
The Illinois Heart Rescue project is funded by a five-year grant from the Medtronic Foundation with the goal of substantially increasing survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest throughout the country. Illinois is the newest state to join the Heart Rescue network, bringing the total to eight. ILHR has a full-time Project Director, and a Data Manager. The remainder of the team are all volunteers that are dedicated to improving outcomes. The team includes doctors, nurses, students and healthcare professionals, all with a passion to create a system of care that strengthens the links in a chain of survival.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
5839 S woodchicago, IL 60636
DATE POSTED
March 4, 2018
SKILLS
- Crisis Intervention
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 10
- 1 hour commitment