The HEARTSafe Timeline
10/2017: The HEARTSafe Alliance was created following the 2016 Community Health Needs Assessment which identified cardiac health as a major health concern in the community.
02/2018: The Greater Williamsburg Area received the official HEARTSafe designation from the Rappahannock EMS Council.
12/2018: The Oversight committee hired a full-time executive director to launch programming to the community.
02/2019: Free Hands-Only CPR and AED training was launched to the community.
10/2019: PulsePoint Respond and PulsePoint AED went live throughout Greater Williamsburg.
02/2020: HEARTSafe turned one year old and reached 1534 trained in CPR.
What HEARTSafe Provides
What makes Williamsburg a HEARTSafe Community
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Dispatcher Assisted CPR
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Excellent EMS response
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Excellent Cardiovascular care
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Lead HEARTSafe organization
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Community CPR Training
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STEMI Response system in place
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PulsePoint Citizen First Responders
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Local police equipped with AEDs
