Project ADAM Tennessee is a program provided by East Tennessee Children's Hospital and Knoxville Pediatric Cardiology to serve children and adolescents through education and deployment of life-saving programs that help prevent sudden cardiac arrest.

The program provides schools with individual consultation on how to prevent sudden cardiac death in the school setting. Adults who work or visit in the school setting will also benefit if an emergency arises. Dr. Jeff Jennings is the medical director of Project ADAM Tennessee.

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Project ADAM (Automated Defibrillators in Adam’s Memory) is a not-for-profit program of Herma Heart Center at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, one of the leading pediatric heart programs in the United States.

Project ADAM began in 1999 after a series of sudden deaths among high school athletes in southeastern Wisconsin, including 17-year-old Adam Lemel. Many of these deaths appeared to be due to ventricular fibrillation. Adam’s parents, Patty and Joe Lemel, along with a childhood friend of Adam’s, collaborated with Children’s Hospital to create this program in Adam’s memory.

Project ADAM Tennessee Schools:

Knox County: 17

Statewide: 22

Latest News

Project ADAM Tennessee seeks to save lives

Project ADAM Tennessee is featured in East Tennessee Children's Hospital's magazine. Please see page 12. Read More »

CPR Halls Middle Advisory

AED drill and hands-only CPR demonstration at Halls Middle School. Read More »

February Fundraising Information

Have a heart this February and support Project ADAM Tennessee!! Read More »