Our consortium is proud to have been awarded Interreg North-West Europe funding for HEARTSAFE 2.0.
This collaborative effort is made possible by the HEARTSAFE 2.0 consortium partners: Dutch Heart Foundation (NL), Stan Global (NL), HealthRegion ColnBonn (DE), KU Leuven (BE), Croí Heart & Stroke Charity (IE), Björn Steiger Stiftung (DE) and Philips (NL).
Together, we aim to improve survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by enabling faster and better coordinated emergency response.
Across
North-West Europe, OHCA survival remains low, particularly where emergency
systems are fragmented, AED access is limited, and volunteer responder networks
are underdeveloped.
The
Netherlands is the only country in the region where CPR can be initiated
anywhere within the crucial first six minutes. By sharing
this Dutch heart-safe best practice transnationally, the consortium aims to
increase survival rates in the pilot regions.
Building on the earlier HEARTSAFE NWE project, HEARTSAFE 2.0 will jointly strengthen:
- Community First Responders (CFRs) and AED networks
- integration between alert systems and ambulance services
- support for people after resuscitation
- shared quality standards for a heart-safe approach
Through
shared solutions and systematic knowledge exchange, HEARTSAFE 2.0 uses
transnational collaboration to overcome technical, organisational and legal
barriers.
This includes support from and collaboration with associated partners within
the partner countries, as well as from France (FR) and Switzerland (CH),
strengthening the project’s relevance and long-term impact across Europe.
Over the next three years, we will work towards a scalable, community-driven emergency response system that saves lives, with the ambition to evolve into a European standard.
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