Defibrillators Praised
By Stacey Creasy
PLYMOUTH � The Automatic External Defibrillators in county squad cars have saved lives during the past two years.
That is why the Marshall County Commissioners did not hesitate to enter into a maintenance contract for the AEDs.
The commissioners approv-ed Marshall County Sheriff Bob Ruff�s request for a maintenance contract.
The Physio Control company will maintain and repair county AEDs for $1,440 each year.
Ruff said each one of the county squad cars has an AED. Last year, detective Sgt. Ward Byers saved the life of a Culver man with an AED. It was a case in which the victim would not have survived the ambulance ride to the hospital in Plymouth.
�These are life-saving devices,� Ruff told the commissioners. �The batteries are starting to go bad on them and they are about $300 each.�
For $1,440 per year Physio Control will make sure the squad cars have charged AEDs.
�As part of the contract, they take care of everything on the AED,� Ruff added.
Commissioner John Zentz said he would like to have an AED in the Marshall County Building.
�As many people as we have coming in and out of here each day in addition to the employees, I think it would be a good idea,� said Zentz said.
He said he thought of the idea after reading an article in The Pilot News about an elderly man who suffered a heart attack during a basketball game at Oregon-Davis.
The 74-year-old man was revived and survived the heart attack.
Ruff said he will obtain the information about an AED for the county building.
In other business, the commissioners approved a request by Ruff to keep three gas credit cards for use when one of the cars is on a long-distance haul.
�I can take advantage of much cheaper gas that way,� Ruff said.
The county is cutting its credit cards and opening accounts with local gas stations, who give the county a three-cent per gallon cut in price. However, there are times on long-distance trips when the cards may be needed or gas can be purchased at a lower rate.
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