Source: TribLive
New AED SaveStations Enhance Safety for Students and Athletes
A Sewickley Academy student is on a heartfelt mission to promote cardiovascular awareness.
Sophomore Ben Terrell of Sewickley was diagnosed with a heart condition in the seventh grade after undergoing numerous medical tests.
Since then, he’s been vocal about his journey navigating a heart-related diagnosis of anomalous coronary artery. According to the Cleveland Clinic, this means that the coronary artery is either in the wrong location or started in the wrong location in the womb.
“It’s a pretty rare thing but I can play sports — but I have to have an AED (Automated External Defibrillator) present,” Terrell said, which involves transporting a portable AED to all of his varsity soccer games and tennis matches.”
Terrell, 15, partnered with Just1Mike, a foundation focused on raising awareness and increasing survival rates of sudden cardiac arrest in youth and young adults.
He spearheaded the instillation of three new public AED SaveStations on campus this summer.
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