Dr. Phillips Little League: Saving Young Hearts

SAVING A LIFE IS AS EASY AS A-E-D!
AED Sign

DPLL now has an automated external defibrillator (AED) onsite!  Special thanks to Pulte, Kiddie U and Dick Toth from Stirling Realty for their donations for the DPLL AED unit.

In the time it takes you to read this information, sudden cardiac arrest will have claimed another victim.  Statistics show that more than 400,000 Americans die of sudden cardiac arrest every year.  The American Red Cross estimates that up to 50,000 of these deaths could have been prevented if someone had initiated the Cardiac Chain of Survival, and an automated external defibrillator (AED) had been available for immediate use at the time of the emergency. 

  
Saving Young Hearts was been instrumental in helping DPLL acquire an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) during the Spring 2008 season!  They also provided training to the Board of Directors who serve as DODs (Directors on Duty).
  
Some interesting info about AEDs: 
  • An AED is a device designed to analyze the heart rhythm and deliver an electric shock to victims, if needed.
  • Most AEDs can be used by anyone, without prior training.
  • The AED guides its user through its audible and/or visual prompt.
  • An AED will not deliver a shock unless it is necessary.
  • State and Federal Good Samaritan Laws protect individuals who use AEDs in good faith from liability risks.

Saving Young Hearts is a Florida non-profit corporation, committed to raising public awareness about Sudden Cardiac Arrest in children and young adults, as well as the need for heart screenings for early detection and the importance of placing AEDs in schools and other places where youth regularly congregate.

For more information on Saving Youngs Hearts, please click on the picture below.


AED Picture
DPLL AED