Delaware can be proud to be maybe the only state with an AED placed in every public school as well as AEDs in every private and parochial school of a reasonably minimal size. The State Office of Emergency Medical Services has managed a strong funding stream over the past several years supporting the deployment of these devices across the state.

Advocate Stew Krug, founder of the Matthew Krug Foundation (named for his son who died of a sudden cardiac arrest in 2001) has been instrumental in this effort and works tirelessly to raise awareness and skills related to AEDs and performing CPR. The American Heart Association is working with Stew, Rep. Mike Ramone, and others to incorporate CPR and AED awareness, skills, and training into model units of the health curriculum of Delaware’s schools.

We are excited about the progress we’ve made and the lives we’ve saved so far, and will continue to save in the future.

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This post is part of our series on CPR/AED Awareness Week. To see all CPR/AED Awareness week posts click here.