Dear Colleagues and Friends:
We, the South Florida community, go the extra mile to reach children and families wherever they need us – down the street, across the region or around the globe. Bridging the NSU Interdisciplinary Scientific Summits with the Fort Lauderdale Country Club the award winning Fore Kids: Saving Lives Charity Golf Classic has proven a highly successful combination.
While providing access to the finest healthcare training and education available and with a renewed sense of social responsibility we present our community with the opportunity to engage in the chain-of-survival.
US Airways Flight 1549 Pilot, Chesley Sullenberger, spent practically his whole life preparing for the five-minute crucible now known as the Miracle on the Hudson'.
'If the moment demanded a miracle; would you be ready?
- Cardiopulmonary arrest and trauma are two of the major epidemics of our time.
- A citizenry well-informed about cardiac emergencies and well-trained in CPR appears to be the best method to achieve early recognition and early CPR.
- In the United States, drowning remains the second leading cause of accidental death among children ages 1 to 14. Florida has the highest drowning death rate in the nation for children ages 1 to 4 years of age
- The average person can save lives. Medical intervention for submersion victims at the scene, with bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and advanced paramedic life support decrease morbidity and mortality from drowning.
Funds generated from the Fifth Annual Fore the Kids: Saving Lives Charity Golf Classic on Friday, May 8, 2009 will serve to support the following inter-linked events:
Community-wide Strengthening of Links in the "Chain of Survival"
Although the underlying diseases and the degrees of illness are very different for adults and children with cardiac arrest, the tenets of care are intertwined, interlocked, and ageless. With your assistance, we will contribute toward the solution of this evident problem. To learn more about the various educational programs, visit our 'International Child Health Forum' page.
On behalf of the planning committee, I would like to express our excitement in being able to take part in this moment in history, which will transform and advance the way children's health concerns are understood, investigated, and remedied.
Looking forward to seeing you on the links at the Fort Lauderdale Country Club!
Deborah Ann Mulligan, MD FAAP FACEP
Institute for Child Health Policy, Director
Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine
Eli R. Saleeby Jr, BA
Institute for Child Health Policy, Research Assistant
954.262.1942
ers@ichp.nova.edu
