The Connecticut Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the American Heart Association, has redesignated UConn Health as a ‘HEARTSafe Campus’ efficient August 29.

The HEARTSafe Campus has 30 AEDs and Stop the Bleed kits installed that can be found throughout UConn Health in frequent areas of its buildings and services. Anyone on the UConn Health campus whether or not sufferers, guests, staff, contractors, staffers, or college students, can at all times simply entry an AED or Stop the Bleed Kit at any time ought to an emergency scenario come up. Additionally, a UConn Public Safety dispatcher could be reached 24/7 to advise you on the closest AED to your location throughout an emergency.

“When the need arises, every second counts,” says UConn Fire Chief William Perez. “Get the free PulsePoint AED App, to make the location of these lifesaving tools readily available on your phone. Bystander AED access and CPR doubles a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival. You can help save more lives.”

Three years in the past in September 2020 UConn Health grew to become Connecticut’s first-ever designated ‘HEARTSafe Campus’ medical middle and stays the one hospital with this particular designation.

UConn Health’s management as a HEARTSafe Campus adopted within the footsteps of its Town of Farmington, which is an accredited HEARTSafe Community and apparently, the University of Connecticut which in 2019 was the primary establishment of upper schooling within the state to earn the designation.

“We commend you on your efforts to save lives and improve the health of your workplace,” wrote the Commissioner of the Connecticut DPH, Dr. Manisha Juthani to UConn Fire Chief William F. Perez and UConn Health. “On behalf of the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and the America Heart Association, congratulations to the University of Connecticut, UConn Health for having met the renewal requirements of a designated HEARTSafe Campus.”

The DPH shared that this three-year redesignation acknowledges UConn Health’s dedication to advertise and supply improved cardiac response and care to the workers, college students and guests of its campus using the ‘Chain of Survival’ of early 9-1-1 entry, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, defibrillation and superior care.