Project ADAM: Become a Heart Safe School

Immediate treatment for cardiac arrest is critical. Roughly 20 percent of a community is on school grounds on any given day. Schools need to be prepared to respond to cardiac arrest immediately to protect our children and others in the community.

This can happen anywhere – even schools – and we want to be ready. Project ADAM – a program focused on making sure schools are prepared for sudden cardiac arrest – can assist schools in becoming more heart safe environments.

Project ADAM
  • The risk of sudden cardiac death in young people is as many as 8.3 deaths per 100,000 young people per year.
  • Over 200 lives have been saved through Project ADAM affiliate programs when immediate response was taken following a sudden cardiac arrest.

What is Project ADAM?

Project ADAM was inspired by the death of Adam Lemel, a 17-year-old high school student in Whitefish Bay, WI, who suffered a fatal sudden cardiac arrest in 1999 while playing basketball at school.

Immediate care and the right preparation could have saved Adam’s life.

In memory of Adam’s life, his parents, Patty and Joe, teamed up with Children’s Wisconsin to create Project ADAM. Their hope is to make sure other schools are prepared to save the lives of young people in the event of cardiac arrest.

Project ADAM stands for:
  • Automated
  • Defibrillator in
  • Adam’s
  • Memory

Process to Become a Heart Safe School/Organization

Children’s Nebraska is committed in its outreach to assist any school or community organization in their desire to become “Heart Safe” by guiding them to meet Project ADAM designation requirements.

 

Heart Safe School

If you’re interested in becoming a heart safe school or organization fill out the Project ADAM interest form.

Project ADAM Interest Form

Resources

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