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Powers Lake Prepares to Become 1st Cardiac Ready Community

Trinity Health

Citizens of Powers Lake turned out in droves Wednesday night to celebrate the kick-off of their preparing to become the first community in North Dakota to be designated a ‘Cardiac Ready Community’ by the North Dakota Department of Health.

The community-led initiative engages local citizens at a grassroots level to implement all of the key elements needed to be truly prepared if someone experiences a heart-related emergency. The elements include:

Knowing the signs and symptoms of a cardiac event
CPR training
Calling 9-1-1 to start the emergency care system
Having AEDs (automatic external defibrillators) available to get an effective heart rhythm started

‘All of these small towns in rural North Dakota need to have bystander CPR and AEDs available

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