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Each year nearly 250,000 Americans
succumb to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) - an average of almost
700 deaths each day. The American Red Cross believes this statistic should and can
be lowered by increased availability of Automated External
Defibrillators (AEDS).
According to a recent study, a heart attack or SCA occurs
mostly on Monday followed closely by Friday, the most
stressful days of the workweek. SCA can strike anywhere,
claiming victims right in the middle of their daily routine,
at their desks, behind a store counter, while meeting with
associates, or attending to customers. Since we spend most of
our waking hours at work or school, it makes good business
sense to protect our workplaces and schools against
unnecessary death from SCA.
It would be our
pleasure to meet with you and discuss an AED program that will
meet your organization's needs. If you should have any
questions or would like to schedule a meeting, please call us
at (507) 437-4589 or
email us at
mowerarc@charter.net.
Who should learn AED and have an AED on site?
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Business & industry first responders
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Flight crews
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Ship crews
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MD’s and Nurses
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Dentists and Oral Surgeons
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Exercise facilities and employees
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Sports coaches and trainers
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Senior citizen center employees
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Stadium and Civic Center workers
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All other individuals in areas where a cardiac arrest may occur
Timing is critical for survival, and only a defibrillator
can deliver the electric shock to a heart and restore it to
its normal rhythm that is interrupted when SCA strikes. Give
your employees, coworkers and customers or students a fighting
chance, have a defibrillator on site. Let the American Red
Cross help you start an AED program at your organization.
View
a Public Service Announcement,
produced especially
for the American Red Cross,
about how AEDs save lives.
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file (6.43MB)
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IMPORTANT
INFORMATION ON THE FUTURE OF CPR TRAINING!
At the Red Cross,
the future is here and now, with the addition of AED training.
Before the
availability of Automated External Defibrillators (AED), the
use of defibrillation for people in cardiac arrest was
restricted to Life Support Providers, who had the knowledge
and training to interpret the electrical rhythm of the
victim’s heart, and to manually provide defibrillation after
determining it was necessary.
Many
life-threatening cardiac emergencies require the need of an
AED and people properly trained in its usage. This training
is now available to you. The American Red Cross has
introduced a very important supplement to our CPR program. CPR
students, or those who have already had CPR training, can now
learn to use this advanced life-saving knowledge by taking an
Adult CPR/AED class, or a CPR for the Professional Rescuer
with AED class. Without CPR and electric shock treatment from
an Automated External Defibrillator within the first four
minutes after collapse, nine out of 10 sudden cardiac arrest
victims do not survive.
Upon successful completion of either of these new courses, you
will have mastered the necessary skills for the administration
of CPR and Automated External Defibrillation (AED). Please
check our current class schedule for the times and dates of
these classes, and give serious thought to registering to
learn this new component in helping to save a life.
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