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working with Arrhythmia Alliance to help save lives in Story County. It is our hope that the community will support this endeavor so that working together we can make the entire Story County community HeartSafe.” Arrhythmia Alliance has extended its work in Bluffton, partnering with the Bluff- ton Township Fire District, Bluffton Police Department, and Beaufort County EMS to launch phase two of the Arrhythmia Alliance – Defibs Save Lives Campaign. Together, the goal is to become the first HEARTSafe community in South Caro- lina. To achieve this status, work includes training 1,600 community members in CPR and AED familiarization, establishing and funding a public access defibrillation pro- gram, and working toward a culture of excellence by continually self-evaluating to in- crease the survivability rate for the residents of Bluffton. Join Us In Making A Difference and Help to Save Lives from Sudden Cardiac Arrest Arrhythmia Alliance is proud to have worked so closely and successfully with police departments to place life-saving AEDs in their vehicles. Often, police are the first respond- ers to someone who is suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. At that moment, time taken to get the heart back into normal sinus rhythm is critical, only the use of a defibrillator can do this – CPR alone will save less than 10% of victims, use of an AED can increase their

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HOW YOU CAN PARTNER WITH ARRHYTHMIA ALLIANCE TO MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY HEARTSAFE

Call us 843-415-1886 or contact us at info@heartrhythmalliance-us.org

To support the Defibs Save Lives campaign we have a range of educational resources on arrhythmias, sudden cardiac arrest and how to make your community HeartSafe, plus a range of fund- raising ideas and specific AED packages designed to meet the needs of your Community’s donations.

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