You’re the Cure is a really great way to help the American Heart Association affect change in our communities without spending a dime. When you click through the link, you’ll be able to sign up to receive action alerts. The alerts come monthly (sometimes a bit more often) but only take seconds to act on. The process will send a letter to a specific individual, based on the issue or your home address (i.e. your district). According to Allyson, our advocacy director, it only takes about 5 notes from their constitiuents for a legislator to assign a staffer to the issue. Help us out!
When we send kids to school we want them to be safe
Dear Parents,
On the morning of Friday the 13th in February of 2009, Joe received a call he never thought he would, his 6 year old daughter suffered sudden cardiac arrest.
No one saw it coming.
The little girl with the strawberry blonde hair and no front teeth had been in perfect health. Her teacher, rushed to her side, only to feel her pulse fade away. The teacher, thinking of his own 6 year old daughter, got to work. Using their CPR training, two teachers pumped the girl's tiny frame. It was an effort that doctors and emergency workers later credited with saving Olivia's life. Just like Joe no one ever thinks it will be there child, but it could be and you would want to know that the school acted in the right way-the same way they did when it was Olivia.
Help make sure all schools are prepared to respond to medical emergencies!
Life-threatening emergencies can happen in any school at any time. We have all seen the tragic stories in the press about tragic premature deaths in schools from sudden cardiac arrest. We have a chance to help change the outcomes of these tragedies. Currently a bill sits in the Senate that would ensure that each school has established an emergency response plan to deal with life-threatening medical emergencies so that unnecessary tragedies can be avoided.
Ask your Senator to help move this lifesaving legislation.
As always, thank you for your support of our advocacy efforts and please share the message with your family and friends. You can learn more about getting trained in CPR by calling 1-877-AHA-4CPR.
You can also learn more about Olivia's story by watching Boston Med on Thursday at 10 pm and stay tuned afterwards to see how she is doing today on Channel WCVB.
Allyson
Advocacy Department " 20 Speen Street " Framingham, MA 01701
508.935.3943 " allyson.perron@heart.org