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Hawaiʻi Heart Foundation
Empowering Lifesavers: Hawaiʻi Heart Foundation was established with the mission to improve the cardiac arrest survival rates in Hawaii. As a part of this foundation a program based on an innovative, age-appropriate, reality-based, technology-rich approach to teaching lifesaving CPR and AED use in schools has been designed to help turn the sudden cardiac arrest (death) statistics upside down!
Training Programs
Our Why
Kristin Maekawa Claudi
The Foundation was established in memory of Kristin Maekawa Claudi, a 28-year-old Oʻahu schoolteacher who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest during a meeting. 911 was activated, the school did not have an AED at the time and unfortunately Kristin did not survive. Her mom knew that if Kristin had collapsed at home, she would not have been able to save her since she did not know CPR. Kristin's story continues to inspire our mission to ensure that more people survive sudden cardiac arrest through education, awareness, and preparedness.

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