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Old 02-08-2011, 06:15 PM
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All the people on our street donated funds to purchase two AEDs. They were installed on two houses, one is on my house, and a number of people who live on the street, took a course in CPR and the use of an AED at the fire station. Chief Gail Lazenby of The Villages Public Safety Dept was the instructor. Those who took the course were given pagers and the pagers will sound an alert when the fire dept receives a 911 call for cardiac arrest on our street. We've had a couple of practice drills...alarm goes off, each AED is removed from its locked case (responders have a key) and we head to address shown on pager. During the drill, the CPR training dummy is located in the yard of the address shown on the pager. As soon as someone arrives, CPR is started. The AED is only used when breathing is not restored by CPR. During the drill, Chief Lazenby as well as a fire dept vehicle show up. Frightens the neighbors if they don't know what's going on...

The AEDs do cost a bit and there is a yearly rental fee for the pagers. The fire department responds quickly in TV, but during a time when there is lots of traffic, that response could be delayed by a few minutes and those are precious minutes.
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Last edited by pooh; 02-08-2011 at 07:06 PM.