 Hello, I'm Charlie McQuarter and I'm the Program Lead for MidMichigan's Regional Stem Alert Program. And I'm Katie Langston, Director of the American Heart Association's Great Lakes Bay Region. In an effort to improve related outcomes to cardiovascular events, MidMichigan Health is teaming up with the American Heart Association and community leaders to help our local communities to become heart safe. The HeartSafe designation specifically recognizes a community's effort to prepare its responders and citizens to recognize when someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest and to know how to respond. Areas of focus include increasing public awareness of sudden cardiac arrest, increasing public and first responder access to automated external defibrillators, also known as AEDs, and encouraging bisoner intervention. The steps to bisoner intervention include calling 911, locating an AED if one is readily available, and placing the heel of your palm in the center of the victim's chest, and pumping hard and fast, approximately two pumps per second. The overall goal of the HeartSafe Communities Program is to enhance community partnerships, resources, and services to improve cardiovascular health and decreased deaths due to cardiovascular related events, including sudden cardiac arrest, heart attack, and stroke. We are extremely proud to be partnering together in the ongoing fight against heart disease.