Heart Safe Schools
Heart Safe Schools
Implementing a Heart Safe School Program
Striving to Assist Schools
Project ADAM Affiliate Programs assist schools and communities in establishing cardiac emergency response plans to place into action in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest. Our program leaders provide the foundation for schools to plan and develop their program, including program templates and one-on-one consultation on how to prevent sudden cardiac death in the school setting.
Project ADAM Heart Safe School Designation is attained by schools upon successful implementation of a quality sudden cardiac arrest program of awareness, training and effective emergency response to promote a Heart Safe environment for students, visitors and staff as outlined within the Heart Safe School Checklist.
Steps to Become
Heart Safe
This is your roadmap to becoming a Project ADAM Heart Safe School.
Follow this toolkit to fulfill each criteria of the Heart Safe School Program Checklist.
Click the links below to access documents that can be customized for your building. Templates are organized by main categories of the Heart Safe School checklist. Contact your local affiliate for support.
Templates and Resources to become Heart Safe
Cardiac Emergency Response Plans (CERPs) are proudly supported by Project ADAM, the American Heart Association, Parent Heart Watch and a national task force of health and safety organizations.
CERP Template. This document supports the creation of a school/district policy and procedure for preparing and responding to cardiac emergencies and provides detailed guidance for responding to a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). This can be customized for your building with inclusion of the Project ADAM logo.
CERP Protocol Template. This is your onsite emergency action plan (EAP) specified for your facility to detail what happens immediately upon a sudden collapse. Project ADAM recommends using this as a one-to-two-page quick reference document to instruct your response team on your building’s specific plan and their role. This can be customized for your building with inclusion of the Project ADAM logo.
Project ADAM encourages your school to share your school cardiac emergency response plan and AED locations with groups that utilize your facility after normal school day hours. In addition to these groups, you may consider sharing your plan with local EMS and parents.
- Staff CPR/AED Training Log
- CPR/AED Training Tips
- Project ADAM Staff Presentation- Power Point format
- Project ADAM Staff Presentation Script - Word doc format
In the event of a sudden cardiac arrest occurring at your school or facility and an event recording is requested; reach out to your AED Manufacturer for downloading information.
Heart Safe School Training Videos
Visit our You Tube Channel for Heart Safe School training videos you can use as part of your program.
Check out our AED drill video to help plan one at your school.
Our friends at Save Station created AED unit training videos so you can learn more about your specific unit.