United Centrifuge Ltd recently donated an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) to the Royal Canadian Legion to be placed in the front lobby of Legion Hall for the safety of the citizens of Weyburn.
More than 40,000 Canadian lives are lost each year due to cardiac arrest. AED improves survival rates by up to 30% if delivered in the first few minutes. With each passing minute that defibrillation is delayed the survival rate declines by 7% to 10%.
In today's world you no longer need to be a doctor to make the difference in someone's life, especially when dealing with sudden cardiac arrest. Automated external defibrillators have made this possible and putting them out where the general public has access makes it even more possible to save a life.
United Centrifuge is dedicated to being involved in the community and feels that public access to AEDs and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training is a great way to be involved with the community and help save lives.
United Centrifuge strongly suggests everyone get trained and businesses get involved by purchasing one for their establishment or donating one to an organization, hall or church where the public can have access to an AED if the need arises.
The first local Public Access AED was used to save a life at the Weyburn Leisure Centre on June 23, 2009.
