Hey Grumps and good morning. Yes, there is a program like this in Sumter County/The Villages. And, I am proud to be a volunteer Team Coordinator for one of those teams.
As a matter of fact,to date, there is a total of 237 CPR/AED teams, all trained CPR and AED resuscitation and heart defrib. There are a total of 4,600+ trained responders making up those 237 teams, and a total of 638 AED units.
When a 911 call is placed and the dispatcher receiving the call determines that there is a "cardiac arrest" the AED team in the area where the victim is located is notified at the same time as the fire department's EMTs. Those volunteers are usually with the victim within 2 minutes of receipt of the alert and they immediately begin resuscitation and AED application until the EMTs arrive.
Those alerts are issued by ReadyAlert which has been providing outstanding results.
Take your hats off to all those wonderful volunteers.....they are there to help save the lives of their neighbors.
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