American Heart Association Launches 2025 Fox Cities Heart Walk Campaign to Combat Cardiovascular Disease

The American Heart Association has announced the 2025 Fox Cities Heart Walk campaign, led by Michael Bergmann, president of Ascension - Northeast Wisconsin Hospitals, as the chair of the event. Bergmann and a team of top executives aim to recruit companies and organizations to join the year-round campaign, which focuses on raising funds to fight cardiovascular disease while educating people on CPR and equipping them to act in cardiac emergencies. The American Heart Association emphasizes CPR education as a critical element of the campaign, highlighting that nine out of 10 people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital die, yet immediate CPR can double or even triple the chances of survival.

Key Takeaways:

• Michael Bergmann, president of Ascension - Northeast Wisconsin Hospitals, will lead the 2025 Fox Cities Heart Walk campaign as the chair.
• The campaign aims to recruit companies and organizations to join in the fight against cardiovascular disease.
• The American Heart Association has put a spotlight on CPR education as a critical element of the campaign, emphasizing its potential to double or triple the chances of survival in cardiac arrest situations.
• The Association highlights that nine out of 10 people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital die without immediate CPR.
• The Heart Walk campaign is part of the Nation of Lifesavers initiative, aimed at doubling cardiac arrest survival rates by 2030.
• Companies participating in the Heart Walk will play a crucial role in this national effort.
• Bergmann's personal connection to heart disease and stroke is highlighted, emphasizing the importance of the cause.
• The American Heart Association is a global leader in resuscitation science, education, and training, and the official publisher of CPR guidelines.
• The year-round Heart Walk campaign will culminate on Sunday, Sept. 14 at Fox Cities Stadium in Appleton, where hundreds of participants will walk to save lives.
• The campaign will also raise essential funds to advance lifesaving research and increase CPR education and training.

Statistics:

• Nine out of 10 people who suffer cardiac arrest outside of a hospital die without immediate CPR [1].
• Immediate CPR can double or even triple the chances of survival in cardiac arrest situations [2].
• The American Heart Association has been saving lives for more than 100 years.
• The Heart Walk campaign is active in more than 220 cities nationwide.
• The Nation of Lifesavers initiative aims to double cardiac arrest survival rates by 2030.

Sources:

[1] American Heart Association

[2] American Heart Association

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Tracy Duerr, Executive Director, American Heart Association in outstate Wisconsin