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District adopts cardiac emergency response plan and replaces AEDs; staff training planned
Summary
Board heard that the district has replaced AED units under a single-vendor service contract and will implement a cardiac emergency response plan with staff training and age-appropriate student education; details on exact training counts per building were described as ambiguous in the legislation.
At the July 21 public hearing on the safety plan, district staff announced a new cardiac emergency response plan and that the district replaced AED units across buildings, moving to a single vendor under a service contract to maintain kits and supplies.
"We've replaced all of the AED units in the district," said Eric Wilson, the district chief emergency officer, describing the vendor arrangement to service batteries, paddles and other kit items. Wilson said the cardiac plan includes staff training in response procedures; he noted the legislation does not prescribe a fixed number of staff to be trained per building, and staffing needs depend on building size and activity patterns.
Wilson described existing capacity at the high school — multiple nurses, PE teachers and coaches — and emphasized portable AEDs for athletic events. The district plans to phase AED rollouts so that each floor will have access to a unit over the next several years. The presentation also said at least one elementary school will receive an additional school resource officer as part of the safety staffing plan, pending coordination with the city.
