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AED DONATION

Ellen Curtiss •February 25, 2015

Mayo Regional Hospital President & CEO Marie Vienneau, right, presents an AED unit to Milo Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Dave Preble, second from right. Also pictured are Assistant Fire Chief Kevin Black, second from left, and Cal Wilson, director of Mayo Materials Management and the co-chair of Mayo’s Service Excellence Committee.

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Photo courtesy of Mayo Regional Hospital

The Service Excellence Committee is committed to community outreach and support. An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a portable device that checks the heart rhythm and can send an electric shock to the heart to try to restore a normal rhythm. AEDs are used to treat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). AEDs make it possible for more people to respond to a medical emergency where defibrillation is required. Purchase of the AED was made possible by the Dennis Allen Memorial Golf Tournament Fund. The fund was named in honor of Allen, who died suddenly in 2008 from a heart attack. Allen was the Chief Financial Officer at Mayo Regional Hospital for many years.

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