Frontenac County program training regular people to save lives
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A new program, "Neighbours Saving Neighbours" will see Frontenac County residents get CPR and AED training to respond in emergency cardiac situations
Frontenac County is looking for volunteers to receive training that could save their neighbours’ lives.
The program is designed to crowdsource first-response aid help people having an emergency.
For someone having a heart attack just a few minutes could mean the difference between life and death.
“The quicker we can get somebody to that person’s side, the more likely a successful outcome is going to be,” said Frontenac County paramedic Jason Kirven.
If paramedics aren’t close by, that ‘someone’ could be a neighbour.
That’s the theory behind Neighbours Saving Neighbours, a program spearheaded by Queen’s University associate professor Dr. Steven Brooks.
“We are looking for people who are interested in helping their neighbours and making their communities more safe,” said Brooks, who is part of the Queen’s University Emergency Medicine Department.
Regular people living in Frontenac County, which is largely rural, can receive free training in CPR and learn how to use an automated external defibrillator, or AED.