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Cole County adopts proclamation for Heart Month, discusses AED placement and public CPR training
Summary
Commissioners read a proclamation recognizing February as Heart Month, discussed AED placement in county buildings and public hands-only CPR classes; county staff said WIC and EMS will help develop an AED repository and community training.
The Cole County Commission read and endorsed a proclamation recognizing February as Heart Month and discussed steps to improve survivability from sudden cardiac arrest, including expanding access to automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) in county buildings and promoting hands-only CPR training.
A Jefferson City Fire Department official and Cole County Emergency Medical Services staff described heart disease as a leading cause of death and provided survival statistics the county cited: in 2024, emergency responders treated 66 patients for sudden cardiac arrest and six of those patients survived to hospital discharge (about 9.1 percent).…
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