AEDs donated to golf course, schools
FORT FAIRFIELD – The Fort Fairfield Athletic Booster Club, in their continuing efforts to provide for the people in the community, has joined the school’s athletic department in donating more than $2,500 for three automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to be placed at Fort Fairfield High School, the elementary school and at Aroostook Valley Country Club in Fort Fairfield.
An AED is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the potentially life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia in a patient, and is able to treat them through defibrillation – the application of electrical therapy which stops the arrhythmia – allowing the heart to reestablish an effective rhythm.
“We certainly felt the need to have these machines in places where not only our student-athletes participate but where there are crowds of people as well, that if needed could save a person’s life,” said FFABC president Larry Gardner.
“All of our coaches are trained in the use of the AEDs as well as CPR, which probably not many people know.
“We also felt it important to donate one to Aroostook Valley Country Club as we have students playing on the golf team as well as hundreds of people who play at the club weekly,” he added.
Gardner said Arna McNamee donated her time to train the staff at AVCC in the use of the AEDs.
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FFABC PRESIDENT Larry Gardner, left, presents a new automated external defibrillator (AED) to Aroostook Valley Country Club Pro/Manager Steve Leitch, while AED trainer Arna McNAmee looks on.
