Before you plan or host another meeting or event, consider this...

At least once every two minutes, someone in America dies from Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) which can strike anyone, anywhere, regardless of age. As many as fifteen percent of attendees of large meetings become subject to “flue-like” illnesses. With the current high cost of meetings, air fare, hotels and cancellation penalties the risk of widespread epidemic increases exponentially as more people are willing to take their chances attending meetings while sick.

CardioReady® by Event gives you the ability to protect the health and well-being of your attendees around the world by providing you the most comprehensive medical coverage for your meetings: automated external defibrillators (AED), emergency medicines, first aid, and orthopedic supplies, as well as over the counter medications. In addition the EMT will provide delegates with a Complimentary Health Screening.

Risk Mitigation

For meetings, events or other offsite activities, CardioReady in partnership with InHouse Physicians ensures your company has onsite medical representation devoted to the health and safety of your employees and guests. CardioReady by Event ensures a highly qualified emergency medical technician (EMT) is dedicated and onsite to deliver necessary first aid services including emergency procedures and medications. For more serious illnesses, such as SCA, cardiac defibrillation delivered within 3-5 minutes is the only life-saving treatment. By including CardioReady by Event in your plan, you receive prompt, quality medical care when it can be a matter of life and death. Caring for human life is the very definition of social responsibility. Saving a life is the ultimate goal.

Benefits

CardioReady by Event ensures your meeting ROI is high by maximizing attendance and minimizing the unforeseen health risks through comprehensive:

• Coverage

  Ensure your meeting has adequate medical support to guarantee a prompt response in case of sudden cardiac arrest or any other health related issue

• Communication

  Documented emergency response plan and communication with local emergency providers in compliance with applicable laws and regulations

• Competency

  Expert team on hand to handle any type of medical emergency

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Meeting professionals have the power to provide the incentive for hotels, convention centers, and other types of meeting facilities to implement cardiac emergency programs including AEDs that will protect attendees, guests and employees alike.  In many cases, the booking of a single meeting will more than cover the cost to a hotel for an entire year.

As meeting facilities stand ready to make the investment to provide the services and amenities their customers require, it is up to you to let them know the importance of this issue.   Here is how you can begin to make a difference:

1. Include the CardioReady designation as part of your search criteria.
Hotels and convention centers that have received a CardioReady designation are listed on dozens of websites across the entire meetings industry, such as mpoint.com and mimegasite.com.

2. Include the following question as part of your meeting Request for Proposal (RFP):
Will your property have a CardioReady certified cardiac emergency program in place, including automated external defibrillators (AEDs), for the dates of this meeting? Due to evolving standards of care, a CardioReady certified property may receive preference over a non-certified property during the selection process.

3. Inform your employers and clients.
You and/or your clients may already be protected by AED programs at your places of business.  If your employer has acknowledged the importance of AEDs in the workplace, shouldn't those same protections continue while traveling - especially on company-mandated trips? As an expert consultant, it is your job to be in tune with evolving trends and standards of care to best advise your clients.  Additional information resources on the requirements and benefits of compliant AED programs are available from the American Heart Association.

For information on locating CardioReady certified, properties, or making sure that a property is certified before your next meeting, please contact info@cardioready.com, or (800) 614-9368.