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Editors Note: Does your ECC have an AED? Is there one in your building?
SOUTH DAKOTA – This portable device can save a life by simply following directions. Using pictures and audio instructions it delivers a shock to a person in cardiac arrest.
On National Rural Health Day, the Helmsley Charitable Trust granted nearly $4 million for AED’s to help rural communities have better access to health care.
“We like to think your zip code doesn’t determine the quality of health care that should be an even playing field for everyone,” said Mitch Krebs of the Helmsley Charitable Trust Rural Healthcare Program.
The $3.6 million grant will purchase 1,200 new AED devices with training. The goal is to have an AED in every first responder vehicle in South Dakota.
The South Dakota Department of Health’s Marty Link said
