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In Honor of Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin, ResusciTech Donating 1,000 CPR Training Certificates

RI-based company aims to make life-saving skills intuitive and accessible for everyone

Inspired by the heroic efforts of the first responders who one week ago helped save the life of pro-football player Damar Hamlin, the CPR training and certification platform ResusciTech today announced it is donating CPR certificates to 1,000 people who successfully complete training.

“We were among the millions of people across the country who watched in horror as Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after suffering cardiac arrest during Monday Night Football. Fortunately, with the help of CPR and an AED, first responders were able to bring the Buffalo Bills’ safety back to life,” said ResusciTech co-founder and CEO Abigail Kohler. “After witnessing these on-field heroics, as well the outpouring of support and generosity in the hours and days that followed, we knew we wanted to give others that same amazing power to save someone’s life.”

Convenient and easy to use, ResusciTech’s Smart Certification™ app enables users to become CPR trained and certified in 90 minutes or less using just a cushion and a smartphone. Not only do users have access to informational videos and learning activities, the app – which features patent-pending technology – gives them guided, hands-on chest compression practice with real-time feedback. Upon a  successful skills evaluation, users can choose to receive CPR certification that follows OSHA and American Heart Association guidelines.

The app and all of its training material, including its proprietary feedback technology, are all free and available to anyone who wants to learn CPR and practice chest compressions. For those who want or need proof of certification, there is normally a $75 fee. However, as part of this initiative, the company is waiving that fee for the first 1,000 who enter the code DAMAR3. After those certificates are claimed, ResusiTech is offering $10 off the certification fee until March 1 for anyone who enters the code FOOTBALL10.

 “What happened to this young, talented athlete is a stark reminder that an emergency can happen at any time. It left many people in our community wondering how they would respond if faced with tragedy,” Kohler said. “The more people we have who feel empowered to take action during an emergency situation the better off we all are. If we can give someone the extra confidence they need to save a life, we’ll consider that a success.” 

Training already underway

Since ResusciTech announced the donation, 540 entered the promotional course (Damar3 code) and 157 completed the training. For most of January, approximately 1,600 people downloaded the course, a 200% increase from December, with approximately 564 downloads.

Outside of the Rhode Island area, the company has worked with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia in donating 100 CPR certificates for each Eagles activity, with 1,100 certificates being donated to that community. And, in recognition of both Heart Month and Black History Month, the company is doing outreach with underserved populations in several cities (probably Baltimore, DC, Bay Area, San Diego) and they will be deploying their technology free of charge.

From our CEO, Abigail Kohler.
From Kohler’s note posted on LinkedIn: “We are hard at work behind the scenes on several initiatives, and we look forward to sharing them with you shortly. We also invite influential community leaders, for-impact foundations, and other mission-driven individuals to reach out and join our efforts.”

About ResusciTech

Founded in 2018 by two undergraduate Brown University engineering students, ResusciTech developed a patent-pending, smartphone-based CPR feedback technology with the goal of improving outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. This technology is utilized in the company’s flagship product, SMART Certification, an app that provides CPR training and uses proprietary smartphone-based feedback technology to perform skills evaluation and issue CPR certification.