Family & Friends CPR Anytime

September 20, 2007

The first mass CPR Training took place today at Monsignor Matthew F. Clarke Catholic Regional School in Wakefield, Rhode Island using the American Heart Association Family & Friends CPR Anytime learning program.
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Our Mission

The Southeast New England Heartsafe Community Foundation has been established in order to promote public access to defibrillation (PAD) through strategic placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) for use by trained community members. Our non-profit organization's efforts include:

• Training the community in CPR/AED use
• Assisting with funding for AED programs
• Promoting placement of AEDs in local schools, athletic facilities, and public gathering places
• Providing cost effective, user-friendly educational resources for CPR/AED training
• Promoting a physician CPR program for families of high risk patients
• Encouraging the RI Department of Health to adopt a state-wide heart safe strategy, for which our program may become a model

Sudden cardiac arrest remains a leading cause of death in this country, responsible for an estimated 250,000 deaths each year. The American Heart Association (AHA) reports that up to 50,000 lives could be saved annually with the prompt use of AEDs.

Nationwide, less than 5% of sudden death victims survive. In communities with strong response systems, survival rates have reached 30-50%.

Our mission is to save lives by ensuring the widespread availability of AEDs in our community and to train our citizens in their use.

A special focus of our efforts involves preventing sudden death on athletic fields. The sudden death of a child is a catastrophe that has devastating social and emotional impacts on both families and the community.

The Michael J. Monteleone Fund was created within our foundation after the sudden death of Michael during a baseball game.

All donations to this fund are utilized to promote AED's and CPR programs in schools.