City of North Augusta, SC, Partners With Avive's 4 Minute Community Program

Avive Solutions, Inc. announced its partnership with the city of North Augusta, South Carolina, as part of Avive's 4 Minute Community Program.

North Augusta joins numerous other communities across the country in its adoption of the 4 Minute Community Program: an innovative, first-of-its-kind approach to improving cardiac arrest response.

This is the first 4 Minute Community Program to be adopted in South Carolina.

The 4 Minute Community Program in North Augusta is a collaboration between Avive Solutions, the Municipal Association of South Carolina and the city.

Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a critical medical emergency that occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops beating normally.

In the United States alone, there are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) cases reported every year, with nearly 90 percent resulting in fatalities.

The city of North Augusta's 4 Minute Community Program will work to strategically place 50 Avive Connect AED®s with CPR trained volunteers in the community in an effort to increase bystander intervention and provide rapid response to a person experiencing SCA.

 The goal is to strengthen the links of the Chain of Survival with Avive's new technology and deliver lifesaving therapy with an AED to someone in cardiac arrest before first responders arrive on scene.

The Avive Connect AED is integrated via RapidSOS with North Augusta's 911 Emergency Communications Center.

Once triggered, the nearby AEDs flash a red screen and sound an alarm, giving bystanders directions to the scene and guiding them through the emergency with step-by-step CPR and defibrillation instructions.

While high-quality CPR buys time, only a shock from an AED can restore a person's heartbeat and possibly save a life. 

Said Sameer Jafri, CEO and co-founder of Avive Solutions: “With the support of grants and strong collaboration across multiple stakeholders, we're creating a model that can be replicated by communities across South Carolina, and nationwide. This partnership marks a major advancement in building a connected system of care across South Carolina and in transforming how sudden cardiac arrest is addressed across the country."

“The City of North Augusta's Four-Minute Community Program is an outstanding example of a local government thinking creatively and leveraging our support to make a meaningful difference for its residents,” Jake Broom, deputy executive director, Municipal Association of South Carolina, said in a statement.

Broom added,  “This program will save lives in North Augusta, and I believe it will become a model for communities throughout our state."