Philips HeartStart Onsite AED Provided By eMED, INC
On October 24th, 2009 at the Conway Senior Center, Doyle Stobaugh went into Cardiac Arrest. Employees Elisa Key and Jo-Ed Woodward acted quickly and responsed with an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). The AED used was a Philips HeartStart Defibrillator that was provided by eMED Inc. Just two weeks prior eMED Staff based out of Little Rock had installed the AED units and Trained the Staff on how to properly use them. Due to the thorough training and the placement of six AED’s in this Conway Senior Center, Key and Woodward were able to successfully treat Mr. Stobaugh and successfuly saved his life with the AED.
“… A few moments later, she was assisting another gentleman when “someone hollered ‘Someone’s down.’ I came running. Doyle was lying by the water fountain in a pool of blood,” she said. Woodward said Key told her to get the AED. The center has six, and one was nearby. Woodward retrieved it and brought it to Key. Meanwhile, executive director Debra Robinson had called an ambulance. ‘His face was literally black. His eyes were open and staring. I didn’t recognize him, and I see him every day,’ Woodward said…”
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