Heart Safe Designation

Panhandle Public Health District Receives Heart Safe Designation
This is possible through our partners with Children's Nebraska for Project ADAM Preparedness

Children's, the region's only hospital dedicated exclusively to serving children and teens, was designated a Project ADAM affiliate hospital in 2022 and has welcomed more than 225 schools and organizations with Heart Safe designations to date. Matt Sorensen, M.D., an electrophysiologist and member of Children's Cardiac Care team, serves as the local medical director for Project ADAM. The initiative marks a strategic investment to align Children's cardiac experts as an important resource for community schools and is a collaboration between Children's Crisis Heart Center and Community Health & Advocacy teams.

Project ADAM (Automated Defibrillators in Adam's Memory) was named for Adam Lemel, a 17-year-old Wisconsin teenager who suffered a fatal sudden cardiac arrest in 1999 while playing basketball at school. Access to an AED and immediate care could have saved Adam's life. Project ADAM's Heart Safe School program ensures schools and organizations have well-maintained AEDs available on site, CPR- and AED-trained staff and a practiced emergency plan to respond to a collapse, giving staff and community visitors the best possible chance to survive an unexpected cardiac event.

This partnership made it possible to have received the Avive Connect AED machine.

Cardiac arrest means the heart has stopped beating

1. Call 911 and get the AED and start CPR
1. This is first response, this is what saves lives.

When in doubt, start!
YOU ARE THEIR BEST SOURCE OF SURVIVAL!

 

“Cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, luckily anyone can save a life.” -Myrranda Kelley

Please see our website’s CPR information for inquiries about CPR training and certification.
Please contact Myrranda Kelley at mkelley@pphd.ne.gov or 308-765-3945 for additional information.