Originally Posted by
Battle Axe
In our Master Gardener group are a great number of nurses. They arranged to have defib machines in our meeting place, at the fairgrounds. It is used by a lot of groups and so we are really prepared. But all of us are older, too.
Marcia
One of the guilds I belong to meets in a meeting room of a local church and several months ago, suddenly during the meeting, one of the members just collapsed.....fortunately we have a nurse in the group...she literally flew over to her...she had stopped breathing, so she began cpr, while another member called emergency....and emt informed us that there was a defibrillator on premises....got it, nurse did what she had to, ambulance arrived and they stabilized. Member stayed in hospital for several days, many tests later....all ok......scary for all, especially member in stress, but I think the combo of instant med assistance and defibrillator saved her life(82).
.....and at next meeting, I'm going to bring up need for a first aid kt....