October 2021 - Deliberative Dialogues Part 3

Two meetings, one task

We held two versions of this meeting, one in the morning and the other in the late afternoon.

• We heard a summary of the work that was done at the earlier Deliberative Dialogues meetings in March and June.

• We heard a summary of the findings from the Community Engagement workshops held in September.

  • Knowledge in the community:

    • There is a lack of general awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the community.

    • There are concerns about intervening, something going wrong, and then being sued.

    • There are concerns about the cost of CPR classes as well as actually doing CPR

  • Suggestions about how to raise awareness:

    • Make flyers and video testimonials

    • Go to common gathering spaces such as community centers, hair salons/barbershops, libraries, recreation centers, senior centers, schools, churches

    • Get the word out via social media

    • Host community information sessions and provide refreshments

• We broke into small groups and discussed the following topics:

  • How to raise awareness and provide knowledge about what to do as a bystander in the event of Sudden Cardiac Arrest, especially those that occur in homes

  • How to provide access to additional resources, including information that dispels common myths about barriers to bystander response

  • How to raise general awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest

• When the groups reconvened, there was a call to action and an invitation to get further involved.