• Emergency University staff designed, launched and tested the first large urban automated external defibrillation (AED) program in the United States in the city of San Francisco in 1989, doubling survival from cardiac arrest. EU staff trained thousands of non-medical personnel to use the automated external defibrillator in both the private sector - from single, small business units to high-rise multiplex settings, and in the public sector – from the streets to public arenas.
• Emergency University staff have provided quarterly re-certification skills to AED operators for over a decade, while studying the effectiveness and safety record for over 3000 cardiac arrest events managed by non-medical personnel.
• In 1991, Emergency University's program methodology and recommendations were adopted by California's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) as statewide guidelines for training, reporting and quality assurance in AED.
• Working extensively with communities and the local media, Emergency University staff developed large scale community CPR training events, such as Save-a-Life Saturday at Candlestick Park, Save-a-Life Sunday at the San Francisco Zoo, and CPR training to elementary, middle school, and high school students throughout California to reach all sectors of the public in the emergency health care system.
• For the San Francisco Giants, Emergency University staff established an internal emergency response plan in Candlestick Park.
• Our decades of experience in defibrillation training allow us to focus our emergency training curriculum on the essential information needed to operate a defibrillator safely and effectively – not on providing a medical degree to your employees.

San Francisco Mayor, Willie Brown:
"Dr. Braun has a long history of producing exemplary training programs in California. The transfer of her expertise and the Center's technology to the schools and community is an outstanding public service."

California Senator Diane Feinstein:
"Dr. Braun's leadership in preparing persons to deal expertly with medical emergencies...is outstanding..."

San Francisco Giants Vice President, Jorge Costa:
"Because of Dr. Braun's program, I can safely say that the SF Giants have achieved the kind of medical response we can be proud of."

San Francisco Medical Society President, David Soffa, MD:
"Thanks to Dr. Braun's tireless efforts, the number of San Francisco residents able to perform CPR in an emergency has tripled to 25%."

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