Group aims to arm every deputy with a defibrillator
By TERRY RINDFLEISCH
La Crosse County Deputy Daren Schieldt could use an automated external defibrillator, as he often is first to arrive at an emergency call.
But Schieldt, a deputy for nine years, doesn't have an AED in his squad car — only three squads do, he explained, all on second shift when they are most needed.
"Just the other day a code (heart failure) was in progress in the morning and no squad cars had AEDs," he said. "I was close by to the call in a rural area, and first responders were 10 to 15 minutes away. Fortunately, everything worked out OK.