GMR Foundation for Research and Education

The mission of the GMR Foundation for Research & Education is to support clinical, education and health-system research designed to improve the care and safety of patients in the out-of-hospital setting. The Education Foundation supports research and educational activities within clinical practices, and promotes initiatives focused on improving patient care and projects that contribute directly or indirectly to the health and wellbeing of communities. 

In 2018, the AMR Foundation for Research and Education became a DBA of the GMR Foundation for Research and Education. In 2012, AMR was selected as one of the nine partners in the HeartRescue Project, a multi-year initiative designed to increase the survival rate for victims of sudden cardiac arrest by 50 percent. The first action for the new AMR Foundation for Research and Education was to provide a platform from which the AMR HeartRescue Project was operated. In 2013, the annual golf tournament was adopted by the foundation as its second “project” and is now called AMR Foundation Golf Tournament. Together, these two initiatives provided the underpinnings for the AMR Foundation.

The HeartRescue Project was a multi-year project designed to increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) throughout the United States. Survival rates from SCA had been stagnant, at 5-8 percent, for many decades. With new knowledge and a passion for the project, funded by a Medtronic Foundation philanthropic grant, the AMR Foundation awarded multiple community-based grants over the years. Additionally, the Foundation sponsored multiple resuscitation conferences hosted by some of the industry’s most prestigious leaders in resuscitation.

EMS communities throughout the U.S. impacted by the Foundation for Research and Education are highlighted in blue on the map.