Two life-saving AEDs were donated to Grand Portage Health Services/EMS for the Oshki Ogimaag School and the National Park Service housing unit through the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s Mdewakanton LIFE Program.
The SMSC has donated 733 Automatic External Defibrillators since its program began in 2004 and facilitated the low-cost purchase of an additional 20 units. The SMSC has donated 60 more AEDs to mostly Minnesota organizations and departments in 2011. Most of those 60 have already been distributed.
The Mdewakanton Emergency Services Department administers the Mdewakanton LIFE Program which provides defibrillators to organizations including law enforcement programs, charitable groups, and schools.
At least 16 lives have been saved by law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel using the donated defibrillators.
Each year 250,000 Americans die from sudden cardiac arrest before they reach a hospital. Bystanders or emergency personnel can save many of these lives using CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED).
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