- HeartFlo, a nonprofit launched on Valentine’s Day, trains East Gainesville residents in CPR and provides free AEDs to improve emergency response.
- A 2019 study found only 13 AEDs east of Main Street versus over 200 throughout the rest of the city.
- Alachua County’s overall bystander CPR rate is 56%, but it is significantly lower in East Gainesville, prompting efforts to raise awareness and training.
Receiving CPR before emergency services arrive can be critical for medical survival, and in Alachua County, the bystander CPR rate is fairly high at 56%.
But if you live in East Gainesville, the percentage drops dramatically, Brandon Climenhage said.
Climenhage is a CPR trainer with the American Heart Association and is in medical school at UF. He said a 2019 UF Health study showed the difference in bystander CPR based on geography and reported only 13 publicly available AEDs east of Main Street compared with more than 200 in the rest of the city…