News & Stories
Cooper University Health Care’s Center for Resuscitation Education and Community Engagement Makes Its First AED Donation to Little Rock Baptist Church
(CAMDEN, NJ) Cooper University Health Care’s Center for Resuscitation Education and Community Engagement recently made its first community donation of an automated external defibrillator (AED), accompanied by training on the system, to the Little Rock Baptist Church in Camden. Supported by The Cooper Foundation, this initiative provided church leaders and members with hands-on cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) education, equipping them with essential lifesaving skills.
“We are proud to bring critical lifesaving resources to communities,” saidMichael Riley, director of resuscitation education and AHA Training Center coordinator at the Center for Resuscitation Education and Community Engagement. “Providing AEDs along with CPR education empowers people to take action in cardiac emergencies and can truly make a difference in saving lives.”
AEDs are portable, easy-to-use devices that can analyze the heart’s rhythm and deliver an electric shock if needed to restore a normal heartbeat during sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). When used quickly and effectively, AEDs can significantly increase survival rates, especially in public settings where immediate medical assistance may not be available.
Cooper’s Center for Resuscitation Education and Community Engagementis dedicated toadvancing lifesaving training and increasing access to emergency response tools in communities. Through education, outreach, and AED donations like this one, the Center works to ensure that more individuals and organizations are prepared to respond effectively in a cardiac emergency.
About Cooper University Health Care
Cooper University Health Care, with its MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper and affiliation with Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, is a leading academic health system. Cooper has more than 11,000 team members, including nearly 1,600 nurses, more than 1,000 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 600 advanced practice professionals.
Cooper University Hospital has been recognized as a top-performing regional hospital by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals annual survey for six years.
Cooper has revenues of more than $2.3 billion and an A+ credit rating from Fitch Ratings.
More than 2.2 million patients visit Cooper’s facilities annually. Cooper’s 663-bed flagship Cooper University Hospital is located in Camden. Cooper also operates Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional, a 229-bed facility in Cape May Court House. Cooper University Hospital is also the only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey and the busiest in the region. Cooper’s ambulatory network encompasses three outpatient surgery centers, several urgent care centers, a wound care center, and more than 130 physician, physical therapy, and radiology offices extending from the Delaware River to the New Jersey shore.
Cooper has been named by Forbes as one of America’s Best Employers in State in New Jersey for four consecutive years and was named one of America’s Best Large Employers for 2025, ranking among the top 200 in the nation.
The Cooper Health Sciences campus in Camden, New Jersey, is home to Cooper University Hospital, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University.
Visit CooperHealth.org to learn more.
