AED stands for Automated External Defibrillator. It is a portable electronic machine that automatically evaluates the heart arrhythmias of an unresponsive person and is able to give them an electric shock to restart their heart. AEDs save lives. When a person has a sudden cardiac arrest, the heart becomes arrhythmic. Every minute that the heart is not beating lowers the odds of survival by 7-10 percent. After 10 minutes without defibrillation, very few people survive. While CPR is better than nothing, AEDs significantly increase a person's chance of surviving an unresponsive state.
Lots of unexpected things happen in the residence halls. We have RAs who are CPR and AED certified and trained, yet we don't have any AEDs in any Cal Poly residence halls. Let's change that! University Housing has the money to buy them - we just need to show Housing that this is a real need and it's something that we (students, alumni, staff, parents, family, friends) really want. It would be so much better to have AEDs and not need them often than to not have one when you need it. Because not having one when you need it ... that could result in someone's death.
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May 23, 2015
Housing still has not responded to our inquiries. This lack of action is exactly why we need these devices in the residence halls.
May 23, 2015
The momentum is undeniable now. University Housing can no longer ignore this call for safety.
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All major public buildings should have AEDs. The fact that dorms lack them is asinine.
Living in the dorms right now and it honestly blows my mind that we dont have these. Especially with the amount of people crammed into these halls every single day.
Fix this ASAP. Its a safety issue plain and simple.
I agree that every (or most) freshman dorms should have one on each of their premises. Really is a pretty simple way to save lives, given that freshmen always go all out for extracurricular "activities" and that there are so many emergency visits when we can mimize death risk right at the dorms
I'm going to be a CA next year, and I went through CPR and First Aid training today and I think the fact that we don't have valuable lifesaving tools in the dorms (which would be cheaper than a lawsuit) is ridiculous.
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AED stands for Automated External Defibrillator. It is a portable electronic machine that automatically evaluates the heart arrhythmias of an unresponsive person and is able to give them an electric shock to restart their heart. AEDs save lives. When a person has a sudden cardiac arrest, the heart becomes arrhythmic. Every minute that the heart is not beating lowers the odds of survival by 7-10 percent. After 10 minutes without defibrillation, very few people survive. While CPR is better than nothing, AEDs significantly increase a person's chance of surviving an unresponsive state.
Lots of unexpected things happen in the residence halls. We have RAs who are CPR and AED certified and trained, yet we don't have any AEDs in any Cal Poly residence halls. Let's change that! University Housing has the money to buy them - we just need to show Housing that this is a real need and it's something that we (students, alumni, staff, parents, family, friends) really want. It would be so much better to have AEDs and not need them often than to not have one when you need it. Because not having one when you need it ... that could result in someone's death.
Sign the petition to give to Housing! YOU'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE! Thank you!
Updates
May 23, 2015
Housing still has not responded to our inquiries. This lack of action is exactly why we need these devices in the residence halls.
May 23, 2015
The momentum is undeniable now. University Housing can no longer ignore this call for safety.
10 Comments
I was so surprised to learn we actually didn't already have any AEDs in housing. Why hasn't this already happened?
All major public buildings should have AEDs. The fact that dorms lack them is asinine.
Living in the dorms right now and it honestly blows my mind that we dont have these. Especially with the amount of people crammed into these halls every single day.
Fix this ASAP. Its a safety issue plain and simple.
I agree that every (or most) freshman dorms should have one on each of their premises. Really is a pretty simple way to save lives, given that freshmen always go all out for extracurricular "activities" and that there are so many emergency visits when we can mimize death risk right at the dorms
I'm going to be a CA next year, and I went through CPR and First Aid training today and I think the fact that we don't have valuable lifesaving tools in the dorms (which would be cheaper than a lawsuit) is ridiculous.
very important
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I was so surprised to learn we actually didn't already have any AEDs in housing. Why hasn't this already happened?