Indiana High School Athletic Association

     9150 North Meridian Street, Box 40650, Indianapolis, Indiana 46240-0650

Phone: 317-846-6601    Fax: 317-575-4244    Website: www.ihsaa.org

Blake Ress, Commissioner

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Indiana High School Defibrillator Educational Outreach Campaign

Launched by Children’s Better Health Institute and

Indiana High School Athletic Association

 

   November 19, 2003---The Children’s Better Health Institute, in cooperation with the Indiana High School Athletic Association, has announced the launching of the Indiana High School Defibrillator Educational Outreach Campaign, by presenting a Medtronic defibrillator to IHSAA Commissioner Blake Ress.  That defibrillator will be available at each of the IHSAA’s State Finals events.

 

Medtronic Physio-Control, manufacturer of the Lifepak CR Plus defibrillator, is assisting the Campaign by providing special pricing for schools during the three month Campaign, in order that they may obtain the defibrillator in an effort to reduce the possibility of deaths by Indiana high school athletes due to sudden cardiac arrest.

 

The Campaign is endeavoring to assist in securing portable defibrillators for every high school in the state, according to Campaign Chair Joan SerVaas, Vice President of the Children’s Better Health Institute, who was present for the presentation to the commissioner.  Joining her in that ceremony was American Heart Association Senior Regional Manager Beverly Turner, Medtronic Vice President Brian Webster and Indiana Medtronic representative Jon W. Warnock.

 

Invited to assist in the Campaign will be members of youth groups sponsored by local community service organizations, who will be conducting fund raising activities to purchase a unit for their respective school’s athletic department.

 

For more information, contact:

 

David L. Blackmer

Defibrillator Educational Outreach Campaign

Children’s Better Health Institute

c/o Curtis Publishing Company

317-633-2070

dblackmer@curtispublishing.com

 

 

A Medtronic representative may be reached by calling Jon Warnock at 317-514-4848.