SCAA Sacramento Chapter in a joint effort with the HeartSafe Program, Cardiac Science, and St Jude Medical donate AEDs to local high schools
Stockton, CA cardiologist Dr. Ramin Manshadi addressed a gathering of high school coaches, administrators and medical professionals, and handed out automatic external defibrillators to representatives from Stagg, Edison, Chavez, Franklin, Lincoln, St. Mary's, Bear Creek and his alma mater, Elk Grove High Schools. The portable devices will be placed in an accessible location at each high school, and personnel will be trained to operate them.
Mark Storace Sr., SCAA Sacramento Chapter leader, went into sudden cardiac arrest about two years ago while jogging on a treadmill. He said he was saved because an Emergency Medical Technician used an AED on him about six minutes after he was stricken. He is quoted in the article as saying " the only thing that saved my life was defibrillation."
Read the official press release.
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