Cook County CPR and AED Awareness and Training Campaign

About the Program

Category: Health (Best in Category)

Year: 2022

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller of the 6th District championed the development of a countywide CPR and AED awareness and training campaign for all Cook County employees with expanded access to “Hands-Only or Bystander” CPR/AED training programs, for those employees not required to be certified, to assist in reducing incidents of death due to cardiac arrest or heart attack, both in the workplace and at home. In person training was conducted starting in February of 2019 before the pandemic, with the help of American Heart Association and Illinois Heart Rescue; however, due to the pandemic, in-person training had to be put on hold. Pivoting, in February of 2021 a virtual “Hands-Only” CPR training program was developed in conjunction with Cook County Human Resources and American Heart Association, which was made available for all newly hired and current Cook County employees. The virtual training launched on the Cook County’s virtual training platform that same month. Hundreds of employees along with elected officials and department heads have taken part in the “Hands-Only” CPR/AED training including: the Cook County Board President and staff, members of the Board of Commissioners and staff, and executives and staff from agencies of separately elected officials and Cook County Health.