COMMUNITY CPR CHALLENGEMichael D. Curtis, MD

Assistant Chief Chief Joe GemzaEMS Division Chief Scott Habeck

A Pebble in a Pond

The Challenge Two communities competed

Train the most people in hands-only CPR for adults

Deploy the most new AEDs Raise the most money to fund new AEDs

February and March 2016 Wausau vs Stevens Point

Getting Started The Idea: Sherrie Galle-Teske

American Red Cross (Formerly) Portage County Cardiac Arrest Survival Team

2-3 organizational meetings: Ground Rules

Foundations to receive and distribute donated monies

Getting the mayor in on the challenge Media Coverage

FoundationsSaint Michael’s Foundation receives gift to

support Cardiac Arrest Survival Team

Have to get the Word Out!“Create the Buzz”

• Press Release • Worked very well for us to get started • Great chemistry with Chief Finn and Chief

Kujawa as well as the Mayors

Timing is Everything

Central Wisconsin CPR Challenge started in Wausau on February 8, 2015

Assembly was voting on Wisconsin’s CPR in Schools Bill the following day

Brought additional coverage with a twist

Have to get the Word Out!“Create the Buzz”

Creation of the Flyer

“Yeah” for Social Media Stevens Point & Wausau Fire’s Facebook

Page Tweet (AED Superstore) Helped keep “BUZZ” alive for 2 months Kept the News Stations interested with

continual coverage Got the word out >>>>>>

Partners in the Challenge American Heart Association American Red Cross AED Superstore

AED Superstore Gave the Departments

1.1600 pocket masks

2.8 manikins with supplies

3.Variety of AED Trainers

4.2 AEDs for each Foundation

Classes, Classes, Classes BIG and Small

High Schools Universities and Colleges

Businesses Civic Group

Scouts Churches

Individuals You name it _______

(If anybody wanted to learn CPR we would teach them!)

At the End of It All ……The CPR Challenge trained 3,559 individuals

Placement of 3 new AEDs in Central Wisconsin

St. Michaels Foundation and St. Clares Foundation assisted in raising a total of $4,500

The Scoreboard at the ENDWausau Fire Department

2,225

Stevens Point Fire

Department

1,334

No Better Way to Wrap It UP than with the Governor

On April 26, 2016 we shared the success of the CPR Challenge along with Governor Walker’s signing of the CPR in Schools Bill

Making it Happen Building relationships throughout the

community Work with large employers, schools,

universities No group too small Well-received in the community

Making it Happen Department buy-in Need people who enjoy teaching Time consuming to schedule and

organize training sessions Volunteer support would help

Future Directions Schools now required to do CPR training Let’s go Statewide with this! February is Heart Month October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Awareness Month Data Collection (CARES) Adopting best practices

New Legislative Initiatives?

Dispatchers: Mandatory EMD training and use of commercially available EMD programs

Deployment of AEDs in certain public or government buildings with a certain minimum amount of traffic

Statewide Registry of Cardiac Arrest Cases CARES

Local Registries of Cardiac Arrest Cases Creating a Governor’s Task Force on Cardiac

Arrest Survival

QUESTIONSMichael.Curtis@ministryhealth.org

Joseph Gemza GemzaJ@stevenspoint.comScott Habeck Scott.Habeck@ci.wausau.wi.us