CR Certification Corporation and The Preferred Club Program® announced that 54 U.S. golf and country clubs have completed or are currently undergoing the assessment for CardioReady® Certification, assuring they have a best practice cardiac emergency readiness plan in place that includes the proper placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
Golf courses are among the American Heart Association’s top five locations for sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) events due to time of day and risk profile. The most likely occurrence of an SCA is between 6 and 11 a.m., when patrons are most likely on a golf course, and 50 percent of golf patrons are now over 56 years of age, the demographic at highest risk. However, if an AED is properly administered within 3-5 minutes of SCA collapse, the chance of survival increases from 5 percent to more than 70 percent.
CardioReady® Certification was introduced to the golf and country club industry through a partnership between CR Certification Corporation, the leading provider of independent auditing and certification of cardiac emergency readiness programs, and Venture Insurance Programs, which provides insurance and risk management services to approximately 1,000 golf and country clubs nationwide through its Preferred Club Program®.
Among the first four golf and country clubs to earn CardioReady® Certification are Awbrey Glen Golf Club in Bend, Ore., and Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kan.
CardioReady’s certification process incorporates the American Heart Association’s automated external defibrillator (AED) program recommendations and includes a comprehensive assessment of each facility to determine the placement and number of AEDs required. It also provides customers with a cardiac emergency readiness plan model selection analysis, a customer help line, coordination of CPR/AED staff training, physician oversight, a customized online inventory and planning system, and cardiac emergency incident reviews.
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