Weis Markets to install AEDs in stores, employees receive Stop the Bleed training

NOTTINGHAM, MD—Weis Markets locations are taking customer safety very seriously. The regional supermarket chain will soon have an automated external defibrillator (AED) available in each of its Maryland stores. Maryland House Bill 288 – The Joe Sheya Act requires each owner and operator of a “grocery store” or a specified restaurant, beginning January 1, 2025, to place an AED in […]

BCPS, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center collaborate to launch injury prevention education initiative for health teachers and students

TOWSON, MD—A partnership between the Baltimore County Public Schools Office of Health and Physical Education and the R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center will launch an injury prevention education initiative for BCPS health teachers and students. Staff from the BCPS offices of health education and health services and the Shock Trauma Center have developed a skills-based lesson plan that integrates […]