CCM trains employees in CPR, AED use

RANDOLPH – More than 100 employees at County College of Morris have received American Heart Association CPR and Automated External Defibrillator training to increase the number of potential lifesavers on campus and in the community.

The free training program for employees, which began last year and remains ongoing, was initiated by the college after Joan Cunningham, then dean of the Division of Health and Natural Sciences, suffered a heart attack during a meeting. It was the quick action of Dr. Dwight Smith, vice president of Academic Affairs, and two members of the Department of Public Safety – David Ackerman and Charles Munk – that not only saved Cunningham but also ensured that she suffered no brain damage as a result of the heart attack.

CCM has 18 state-of-the art AEDs located throughout the campus. As a result of the training, it also has many people on hand who are prepared to make use of them should the need arise again.