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A typical day at the ballpark can turn serious, and in some cases even deadly. With the heat and other elements, the risk of cardiac arrest is a real threat.
A typical day at the ballpark can turn serious, and in some cases even deadly.
“On any given weekend if you come to Midwest City, you’re going to have hundreds of people there for sporting events,” said Midwest City Fire Chief Bert Norton.
With the heat and other elements, the risk of cardiac arrest is a real threat.
“We saw that they had the AED in the concession stand inside of a cage with a padlock on it, and it was like how are we going to activate that? Who’s got the key? And no one in the concession stand knew where the key was,” said Norton.
For Chief Norton, having AEDs in the parks and not being able to access them, was unacceptable. “If we can get CPR started within ten minutes of that cardiac event happening that person has a much greater possibility of survival,” said Norton.
So, at their three main parks for youth sports, Midwest City has installed AED stations that are accessible to the public…
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