This summer I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Victoria Vetter at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia on a project that sought to make Philadelphia Parks and Recreation (PPR) centers “Rescue Ready” by updating their AED (automated external defibrillators) materials. After receiving the AEDs from Philadelphia Police and Fire Departments in the early 2000s, PPR Centers needed to update their resuscitation materials as many of the electrode pads and/or batteries had expired in their AED units. Along with Youth Heart Watch research coordinators Lindsey Flanagan and Richard Keller, my co-intern and I created a database of these materials. We called each Recreation (Rec) Center and reviewed the AED materials with each Rec Center manager over the phone. The data collected from these phone surveys was then entered into REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) to create an accessible database. This database of Rec Center contacts and AED information was then used by the research coordinators to understand which materials needed to be replaced. Throughout the course of this internship, my co-intern and I were able to assist Philadelphia Rec Centers in maintaining their status as safe spaces. This project was instrumental in evaluating the status of each center’s AED, replacing devices or batteries that were not operational and providing essential information concerning device maintenance and proper device use.