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Project Merci (Medical Emergency Response Care Initiative), Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute, Virginia Commonwealth University, Alison Baski, Brian Cassel, Zachary Goodell, Janet Hutchinson, Mary Nugent, Annie Publow, Jacqueline Smith-Mason, Robert Taylor

L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs Publications

This project proposed a program intended to foster a greater sense of community, shared responsibility, and mutual aid within Virginia Commonwealth University. The group members saw an opportunity to develop the expectation that students, faculty and staff will come to one another’s aid, and to provide the tools necessary to help ensure our mutual safety and health. The medical emergencies as an initial project were selected, focusing their research on the current status of CPR and first-aid training and the placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) at VCU.