CLEVELAND — As part of a University Hospitals program, 15 northeast Ohio schools received free AEDs Tuesday at the UH Drusinsky Sports Medicine Institute at UH Ajuha Medical Center.
The program is University Hospitals' AED in 3 program, which aims to raise awareness of how to help those who may go into cardiac shock. The name of the program was chosen because "the goal from time of collapse to shock is 3 minutes or less," according to its website.
School athletic directors led the AED in 3 challenge for their programs, conducting drills, getting AEDS to fields and other venue areas in under three minutes to practice effectively helping someone in need. Those who submitted a video of their drills and took longer than three minutes could apply to receive an AED and training at no cost.
The following schools received an AED:
- John Hay High School
- Kenston High School
- Normandy High School
- Valley Forge High School
- Streetsboro High School
- Bedford High School
- Grand Valley High School
- Ravenna High School
- Western Reserve High School
- Cuyahoga Falls High School
The AED in 3 program is in partnership with the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Brown cornerback Denzel Ward’s Make Them Know Your Name Foundation (MTKYN) and Kaulig Companies.
“We are thankful to connect athletes with life-saving equipment and the tools for an effective emergency action plan in the case of cardiac arrest,” said Dr. Robert Flannery, UH Drusinsky Sports Medicine physician and assistant physician to the Cleveland Browns. “I would also like to thank our partners the Cleveland Browns, MTKYN Foundation, Kaulig Companies and Stryker Medical Devices for their support of the AED in 3 program.”