2 AEDs, Narcan, Stop The Bleed Kits Installed In Downtown Bel Air
Officials have installed two AEDs along with Narcan and Stop the Bleed kits in two spots in downtown Bel Air in case of emergency. Officials in downtown Maryland have installed two publicly accessible automated external defibrillators in the downtown area. The AEDs, which also contain a Stop The Bleed kit and Narcan, are located in boxes that contain Narcan to treat an opioid overdose. They are accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the Office Street pocket park near the Harford County Courthouse and Plumtree Park near the intersection with Brooks Road in the Howard Park neighborhood. The devices have voice prompts to guide responders in how to use them to treat patients. Early CPR and the use of an AED during sudden cardiac arrest increases survival chances, according to town administrator Edward Hopkins.
Pubblicato : 10 mesi fa di Kristin Danley-Greiner in Health
BEL AIR, MD — Officials have installed two publicly accessible automated external defibrillators in the downtown area. The AEDs can be found inside boxes that also contain a Stop the Bleed kit that helps control excessive bleeding, along with Narcan to treat an opioid overdose.
They are accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, in the Office Street pocket park across from the Harford County Courthouse and in Plumtree Park on Thomas Street near the intersection with Brooks Road in the Howard Park neighborhood. People should call 911 first if they are experiencing or witness an emergency and the dispatcher will direct the caller – or another person designated by the caller – to the AED box if it is close to the scene of the emergency, officials noted.
The dispatcher will then tell the person how to retrieve the unit from the box. The AEDs have voice prompts to guide responders in how to use them to treat patients, according to Bel Air Town Administrator Edward Hopkins. “Studies have shown that early intervention of CPR, combined with the use of an AED on a patient in sudden cardiac arrest, increases their chances of survival and recovery,” Hopkins said. “Having these resources available in the public domain gives people the tools they need to save a life.”