How Do We Fulfill Our Mikey Mission?
Want to know what The Mikey Network’s Mission is, and how we fulfill it?
1) The Mikey Network works to create public awareness and provide education about heart healthy lifestyles.
One of the ways we do this is by providing resources and tips on heart health. For example:
- Heart Healthy Recipes from Registered Dietician Marsha Rosen
- Tips on Heart Healthy Living
- Guest posts on fitness from personal trainer Igor Klibanov of Fitness Solutions Plus
- A Heart Health Glossary
2) The Mikey Network is currently committed to placing “MIKEYS” (public access defibrillators) in as many high-risk locations as possible so people affected by sudden cardiac arrest might have a second chance at life.
We do this through various programs:
The Mikey On Board Program is an initiative that provides training and places mobile MIKEY defibrillator units in vehicles that travel throughout local communities on a regular basis, including transport and moving companies.
Mikey’s Kids – The Mikey At Home Program
This program allows children who have been diagnosed with a heart disease to go home when they would otherwise have to stay in the hospital. These children would not be able to be discharged from the hospital without receiving a MIKEY defibrillator unit.
The Mikey Young At Heart School Defibrillator Program
The MIKEY’s installed under this program are available to hundreds of high school and continuing education students, their teachers and school staff. The life-saving potential is even greater when you consider that schools form the heart of our communities. MIKEYS also benefit all of the individuals and neighbourhood groups who regularly attend meetings, play sports,vote at their local polling stations, and participate in other special events held on school property.
The Mikey Network partnered with GO Transit and the Toronto EMS Cardiac Safe City program, to help “The Beat Go On” by introducing MIKEY defibrillators across Go Transit’s extensive network, on board GO Trains and at GO stations.
It is our honour to donate MIKEY defibrillators to the Toronto Police Services, Provincial Courts and Collision Centres, as part of our Mikey Cops Are Tops program.
Through The Mikey Network, the beat goes on.
