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Hiawatha board reviews cardiac emergency response plan; schools to expand AED access and staff training
Summary
District staff described a new cardiac emergency response plan required by the state, including cardiac emergency response teams, AED placement and monthly checks, annual drills and a July 31 submission deadline.
A district staff member told the Hiawatha School Board that the district must submit a cardiac emergency response plan to the state by July 31 and outlined steps the district has taken to meet the requirement.
The presenter said the state requirement aims to improve survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. “When you add an AED to that, it comes up to about almost 40 percent,” the staff member said, describing national survival statistics that helped prompt the new requirement.
The plan that staff reviewed with the board calls for a cardiac emergency response team (CERT) at each school made up of roughly five to seven staff who will be AED- and CPR-certified and act…
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