Source: MSN
Life-Saving Technology Arrives at FNB Field
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – A new lifesaving tool is now available on City Island in Harrisburg and one resident used it to save a life.
The Peyton Walker Foundation and UPMC Pinnacle Foundation helped install a new “SaveStation” at FNB Field, home of the Harrisburg Senators. The SaveStation is a weatherproof cabinet designed to protect an AED that can restore a person to a normal heart rhythm during a heart attack. Having an AED in the stadium has already saved someone’s life during the Prostate Cancer Walk.
“I got past the finish line, went through the finish gate, grabbed a banana, took one bite, sat on the bench, and my eyes started twirling and the light switch went out,” said John Hrinda, the walker who suffered cardiac arrest while at FNB Field.”
“Somebody was yelling that there was a cardiac arrest, so I immediately grabbed my office key that was in my pocket, sprinted up to unlock the gate, turned the alarm off, ran in, grabbed the AED, and sprinted back down,” said Jessica Moyer, a Special Events Coordinator for the Senators who saved Hrinda’s life using an AED. “It’s the fastest I’ve run I think, in my lifetime.”
The SaveStation now allows the community to access the AED without a key, because when it comes to cardiac arrest, seconds count.
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