June 1-7 is CPR and AED Awareness Week
The Mount Sinai Health System will host a free wellness fair demonstrating hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and how to properly use an automated external defibrillator device (AED) on Friday, June 3, from 11 am – 2 pm at The Mount Sinai Hospital, Guggenheim Pavilion, Lobby Atrium, 1468 Madison Avenue.
"We believe that it is very important to show adults and schoolchildren alike how they can be a 'Heart Hero' in their community during an emergency if they are armed with the proper knowledge and skills," said Beth Oliver, DNP, RN, Senior Vice President of Cardiac Services for the Mount Sinai Health System. “Knowing how to perform CPR or how to use an automatic defibrillator can help prevent the sudden cardiac death of a young athlete on the playing field or an adult whose heart suddenly stops beating."
The Mount Sinai Health System invites local school students and community members to attend its fair where Health System cardiologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, emergency medicine experts, and other staffers will demonstrate hands-only CPR and automated external defibrillator technology.
In 2007, the American Heart Association, in coalition with the American Red Cross and the National Safety Council, worked together to federally designate a National CPR and AED Awareness Week. On December 13, 2007, Congress unanimously passed a resolution to set aside June 1-7 each year as National CPR and AED Awareness Week to spotlight how lives can be saved if more Americans know CPR and how to use an AED.
About the Mount Sinai Health System
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across seven hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2024-2025.
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