This story rases a valid question, should all schools in Maryland including Baltimore

[KSweeley]

City schools be equipped with an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) unit? A 12-grade C. Milton Wright student was saved as a result of an AED and all Harford County schools have an AED unit on site.

Link: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...46,print.story

Lindsay Bilodeau, communications specialist with Harford County Public Schools, said Friday morning that "coaches trained in CPR, as well as parents/nurses in attendance, immediately assisted the player in crisis."

"The CPR was administered and the Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) unit was used to stabilize the student," Bilodeau wrote in an e-mail, adding: "All of our schools in Harford County are equipped with AED units for this purpose."

"We are grateful for the outstanding and immediate responses by the coaches, parents, Harford County Sheriff's Office, Maryland State Police and Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company, all of whom were instrumental in helping to save the student's life," Bilodeau said. "Our thoughts are with the student for a full recovery."

Even the volunteer fire department that responded says that an AED greatly helps a person in a cardiac arrest situation:

Hopkins, who is also chief of the Bel Air Volunteer Fire Company, said the incident "drives home the point for prompt intervention with CPR and AED devices."

"Early cardiac intervention – CPR/AED – results in a greater chance of resuscitating the patient," Hopkins said.

[TheResearcher]

Absolutely.

[Bmoreteacher]

City schools be equipped with an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) unit? A 12-grade C. Milton Wright student was saved as a result of an AED and all Harford County schools have an AED unit on site.

Link: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...46,print.story



Even the volunteer fire department that responded says that an AED greatly helps a person in a cardiac arrest situation:

Why the "including Baltimore"?