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Dunwoody Woman's Club Donates $1,671 to the City for AED Unit
The new automated external defibrillator and wall cabinet will be installed at the North deKalb Cultural Arts Center in Dunwoody.
Dunwoody Woman’s Club presented a $1,671 donation to the City of Dunwoody on Monday. The money will be used to buy an automated external defibrillator unit and wall cabinet for installation at the North DeKalb Cultural Arts Center.
“The generous donation from the Dunwoody Woman’s Club provides one of the city’s most frequented cultural buildings with a beneficial lifesaving technology,” said Dunwoody Mayor Michael G. Davis, according to a press release. “Onsite AEDs can save valuable treatment time, and can increase sudden cardiac arrest survival odds because they can be used before emergency medical service personnel arrive on scene. This is a tremendous benefit for our community.”
Dunwoody Woman’s Club created the “Heart to Heart” campaign after hearing of the need for AEDs in the community. The fundraising campaign was also used to raise awareness for the necessity of the devices. The campaign raised money through sales of “Heart to Heart” themed note cards that were sold to friends and family of club members.
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Up to 60 percent of reported workplace fatalities related to heart attack, electric shock, and asphyxia might have been saved if AEDs had been immediately available, according to the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the press release notes.
“In the three years we have had an AED in each patrol car, our officers have deployed the devices many times, saving five lives,” said Dunwoody Police Chief and Acting City Manager billy Grogan. “An AED is truly a life-saving device.”
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The city will coordinate the device purchase, proper installation and maintenance for the device and education on how to properly use an AED once it has been installed.
The Dunwoody Woman’s Club presented the monetary donation on Monday to the City Council along with a commemorative framed poster painted by local artist Arthur Jones. The painting will be hung near the AED in the Cultural Arts Center.
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