- October 12, 2024
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Volusia County’s Public Protection Department will present portable automated external defibrillators to 13 nonprofits and businesses, and train them on their use at 9 a.m. Friday, April 21, in the second floor training room of the Deland courthouse at 125 W. Indiana Ave., DeLand.
The organizations, which had applied for the AEDs are the American Legion Post 267, Christ the King Church, Riviera Country Club, Daytona Beach Moose Lodge #1263, United Way of Volusia-Flagler Counties, Space Coast Baptist Church and seven Boys Girls Clubs.
The cost of an AED ranges from $1,300 to $1,700. The Public Protection Department received grants from the Florida Department of Health’s Emergency Medical Services Trust Fund to cover the equipment costs.
Public Protection Director Mark Swanson noted that AEDs are designed so people with little or no training can use them. Once activated, an AED will play instructions out loud for how to use it.
Invented in 1978, the AED uses sensors to detect rapid or irregular heartbeats, which are common causes of sudden cardiac death.
Administered promptly and properly, the device can restore a normal heart rhythm by delivering an electrical shock across the person’s chest.
