This past April 28, at 7:00 in the evening a group of us from Grace went through CPR/AED training – Liz McClain, Pam Harmon, Muriel Stephens, Judy Null, Haley Null, Carolyn Pruneau, and Dewey Johnson. If there are others who would like to take such training, there may be an opportunity in the future. And those of you who have already been trained in CPR/AED, please let Liz at the church office know.
In any event, the session of Grace authorized the purchase of an AED (Automated External Defibrillator), and the Men of the Church have now hung it on the wall by the bulletin board in the hallway to the sanctuary.
In this location it is convenient to the sanctuary, the classrooms upstairs, and to Fellowship Hall by either the elevator or the stairway.
The procedure is amazingly simple. If a person collapses, bystanders should call 911 immediately. Person A should race to the AED cabinet and bring the AED to near the head of the collapsed person. Person B should have immediately gone to the person on the ground or floor to see if he/she is breathing. If they are, wait for the ambulance. (Maybe place the person on his/her side in the recovery position.) If they are not breathing, Person B (or someone knowledgeable) should begin chest compressions (2-inches deep) immediately and at the rate of about 100/minute.
If you are in the role of Person B, and you know how to blow air into the person’s lungs, you can certainly do so as you alternate with the chest compressions. But the big thing is to keep the chest compressions going until medical personnel arrive or the AED arrives. Authorities are now saying that there is enough air inside a person without blowing any more in, although we certainly may. What’s more important is to keep the blood flowing with heart compressions.
The AED is simple to operate. After it is placed over the person’s chest, it will tell us if the person’s heart needs to be shocked.
The session purchased the AED in an attempt to save lives in our building and on
our grounds. -DJ
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