MISSION STATEMENT

To provide AED equipment to a broad range of businesses and schools and deliver comprehensive life saving education to the community in an effort to increase cardiac survival through the use of automatic external defibrillation.

VISION STATEMENT

To become a model of excellence in the education of life saving measures in conjunction with the American Heart Association. To improve cardiac arrest survival rates by preparing and equipping the community and workplace with lifesaving education programs and automatic external defibrillators.

ABOUT US

CPR Connection of North America, and its subidiaries, were founded in July, 2006 by Sarah Gothard, an Emergency Room Nurse who recognized a need for easily accessible cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), automatic external defibrillation (AED), first aid education and onsite AED program implementation for businesses, schools, and general public. Sarah has 12 years of Emergency Care experience with a specialty area of Cardiac care and Level 1 Trauma care at Beaumont Royal Oak Hospital. She also has extensive management experience and is a certified American Heart Association BLS, Heartsaver, and First Aid Instructor. Sarah has carried many certifications including, TNCC, ENPC, ACLS, and Operations Level of Hazmat Training.

We have on staff emergency room RNs and paramedics with a combined 50 years of emergency medical experience. Each of us has used AEDs and performed CPR countless times. The experience we possess will be used to make you, the lay rescuer, confident and comfortable in reacting to any sudden cardiac arrest.

MEDICAL DIRECTOR

CPR Connection of North America is proud to have Ryan Fringer, MD a board certified Emergency Medicine physician as part of our staff. Dr. Fringer completed a residency in Emergency Medicine and fellowship in Emergency Medical Services at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is currently a staff physician and Associate Director of the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at William Beaumont Hospital.

We are members of the National Nurses in Business Administration
[ www.nnba.net ] and the Clarkston Chamber of Commerce
[ www.clarkston.org ]