1. A Board Update :

2. Keeping Young and Old Hearts Beating Strong The South Brunswick C.P.R. and A.E.D. Initiative

3. The Young & the Young at Heart… Not just adults Increasing number of children due to: Obesity Blood pressure Cholesterol Type 2 Diabetes

4. Heart Health: By the Numbers 1 Killer in the nation: cardiovascular disease 2 Number of times children 11-18 eat fast food per week 15% of children are overweight 33% of children watch TV at least 3 hours a day 32% of adolescent girls drink two cans of soda per day, and… 53%of adolescent boys 50% of all American adults don’t know their cholesterol levels 66% of adults are overweight Half million women per year die from heart disease

5. If a cardiac arrest happened to a loved one or a close friend, would you know how to perform CPR? The vast majority of Americans do not.

6. Chronology 2003Shop Rite AED 2004Policy Drafted 2004AED Task Force Created 2005Initial Purchase Completed 2005AED Coordinator Named Identify & Train Install AEDs Label buildings Inform local EMS Standardize announcements Initial Set Up information Inventory supplies Record Keep

7. Chronology 2005MERT Teams Established and Trained 2006AEDs from the County Freeholders Receiving 10 from County; Total of 24 All elementary buildings- 1 (GB/BA- 2) Middle Schools- 2; Athletic Trainer- 1 High School- 5 (each floor and annex) Building & Grounds (4 Executive Drive)- 1 Board Office (Black Horse Lane)- 2 2006MERT Teams drilled 2006-07CPR/AED into Health Curriculum

8. Last Words…

9. “No knowledge is more crucial than knowledge about health. Without it, no other life goal can be successfully achieved.” Ernest Boyer