2005 Annual Report

Rural Access to Emergency Devices (RAED) Project

Through funding provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Rural Health Policy, Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs) and training will be provided to rural counties in the state during a three-year project period.

The goals of the Indiana State-Wide RAED Project are to decrease the number of deaths associated with Ventricular Fibrillation Sudden Cardiac Arrest, to increase the number of AEDs available for use, to increase the number of professionals/residents trained in the use of AEDs, and to increase the effective use of AEDs in rural Indiana.

The project partners (Indiana State Emergency Management Agency, Indiana State Office of Rural Health, Indiana Rural Health Association, West Central Indiana Area Health Education Center, St. Vincent Health, Indiana State Police, and Hoosier Uplands) will be placing at least one AED in designated whole rural counties, providing CPR and AED training, and collecting information regarding the use and condition of the AEDs.

The approach to AED placement and training will be in three phases:

Year 1: September 1, 2003 - August 31, 2004 Southern Indiana Counties: Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Orange, Perry, Pike, Ripley, Spencer, Sullivan, Switzerland, and Washington

Year 2: September 1, 2004 - August 31, 2005 Central Indiana Counties: Bartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Decatur, Fayette, Fountain, Franklin, Grant, Henry, Jay, Montgomery, Owen, Parke, Putnam, Randolph, Rush, Union, Warren, and Wayne

Year 3: September 1, 2005 - August 31, 2006 Northern Indiana Counties: Benton, Carroll, Cass, Fulton, Jasper, Kosciusko, LaPorte, LaGrange, Marshall, Miami, Newton, Noble, Pulaski, Starke, Steuben, Wabash and White

Matthew Crouch serves as the project’s primary point of contact.

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