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to support communitywide health and wellness projects, including one aimed at helping improve survival rates from sudden cardiac arrest in East Gainesville.

The , in coordination with the 网红黑料 PulsePoint task force, applied for the Medical Guild grant with a goal to increase bystander CPR rates and sudden cardiac arrest survival in an area of Alachua County with the lowest rates of bystander CPR and few automated external defibrillators, or AEDs.

Through the project, organizers will hold CPR training events for the community, install AEDs and promote awareness of the need for bystander CPR.

鈥淭his grant showed that the presence of AEDs in East Gainesville was minimal in comparison to other parts of the county,鈥� said Diane G. Yang, Ph.D., chair of UF Medical Guild special projects. 鈥淎lthough one might not survive even with CPR or an AED, this grant begins to level the playing field, evening out the chances of survival from a heart event in this underserved area.鈥�

Nationwide, 475,000 people die from cardiac arrest each year, and 350,000 cases occur outside of the hospital. CPR can double or triple a person鈥檚 chance of survival, and currently 90% of people who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest die, according to the American Heart Association. Nine out of 10 patients who receive a shock from an AED in the first minute live.

While the American Heart Association recommends an AED be available within a three-minute 鈥渞adius,鈥� there are few registered AEDs east of Main Street in Gainesville, but more than 240 to the west.

In the areas near Waldo Road and NE Eighth Avenue, the chances that someone receives CPR from a bystander is only 1 in 5, but the average in Alachua County is double that, according to the cardiac arrest research team at 网红黑料.

The grassroots program received $3,800 in funding and will begin training community residents in 2020, as well as accept applications from businesses, churches or organizations in the area to install AEDs for free. The application will open in December.

鈥淭he Medical Guild grant is going to help us get closer to having AEDs near areas in Gainesville where we know there have been sudden cardiac arrests but no AED available for bystanders to use,鈥� said , an anesthesiology professor in the and pioneer of the PulsePoint Respond app in Alachua County. 鈥淓arly defibrillation, even before EMS is on the scene, is a victim鈥檚 best chance for recovery when you have a cardiac arrest with a shockable rhythm.鈥�

Last September, , a smartphone app that has the potential to double the survival rate from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in the Gainesville community. Integrated within Alachua County鈥檚 911 system, the PulsePoint app alerts users of a nearby cardiac emergency through their phone, so they can provide hands-only CPR before first responders arrive. It will also indicate the location of a nearby AED.

鈥淲illingness to respond to someone you might see in distress and in cardiac arrest is the most important thing you can do and can more than double the chances that person lives to see another day,鈥� Gravenstein said. 鈥淥ur goal is to support our community through programs like PulsePoint and the AED initiative in East Gainesville.鈥�