17-04-2025
Owensboro High School designated as 'Heart Safe'
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Norton Children's Heart Institute worked with Owensboro High School to designate it a Project ADAM Heart Safe School on Thursday.
Project ADAM, or Automated Defibrillators in Adam's Memory, is a national not-for-profit that aims to help schools implement emergency response plans for sudden cardiac arrest incidents. A Heart Safe School designation indicates that school staff are trained and prepared to respond to a cardiac emergency.
Norton Children's Project ADAM representatives were able to provide education on cardiac arrest as well as CPR and AED use training at Owensboro High School. School staff also worked through a mock scenario to practice their cardiac emergency response plan in order for the school to receive the designation.
'You can't predict when a cardiac arrest will occur, but being a part of Project ADAM will allow Owensboro High School staff to have the training necessary to save the life of anyone in our building should one occur,' said Principal Jennifer Luttrell.
Project ADAM was created in 1999 after the death of Adam Lemel, a 17-year-old who died of sudden cardiac arrest while playing basketball.
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