The Audrain County Health Department on Tuesday announced the donation of a new Automated External Defibrillator, which will be installed at the Lange Building in Vandalia later this month.
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The Audrain County Health Department on Tuesday announced the donation of a new Automated External Defibrillator, which will be installed at the Lange Building in Vandalia later this month.
“We are providing the AED unit to the city of Vandalia and its residents at no charge,” Health Administrator Sandra Hewlett said in a news release. “By having an AED in the building 24/7, those individuals using the building for events in the future will have added peace of mind knowing this life-saving device is nearby for their use if a cardiovascular event occurs that requires its use.”
The health department uses the Lange Building to host its foot clinic twice monthly and a Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, program on the second Thursday of each month.
“We truly appreciate the city of Vandalia allowing us to use the building,” Hewlett said. “This is just our way to repay that partnership and show our appreciation.”
An AED delivers an electric shock, if needed, to a person experiencing abnormal heart rhythm or cardiac arrest, the news release stated. It helps re-establish a person’s normal heart rhythm.
