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The Project ADAM program at Cook Children's trains school staff members on CPR, how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED), and helps the school create an emergency plan.

More than 530 schools in North Texas have partnered with Project ADAM at Cook Children’s to become a “Heart Safe” school. The program trains school staff members on CPR, how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED), and helps create an emergency plan.

Read more on the Checkup Newsroom. And if you don't know how to do Hands-Only CPR or how to use an AED, watch this video to learn how to save a life.

Through our various communications channels, including our newest Focus Newsroom, Internal Communications shares and promotes the awards/recognition that Cook Children’s earns (organizationally, departmentally, individually) from external associations and from internal programs, such as Peak Performers and DAISY awards. We believe that employee engagement is strengthened through telling the stories of our employees and making the connections their roles have with our Promise, patients, families and peers, such as through the weekly #WeAreCooksChildrens feature.