A minute sooner, a minute safer…student project aims to put AED at gym
Posted March 21, 2012 at 7:12 am by Ian Byington
Sofya & Micah are making the steps needed to get an AED located at the gym...
This spring, students in the Community projects class at FHHS are meeting the community’s needs in a variety of ways – here’s an innovative project by Micah & Sofya, reported by Update reporter Collin Williamson:
Imagine you’re playing in an intense ball game. The score is close, and your chest is pumping rapidly. All of a sudden, your heart stops. You’re hypothetically having a cardiac arrest, and now your only hope is an AED (Automatic External Defibrillator). But if you happen to be playing at the high school’s Turnbull gym, you’re fresh out of luck. Due to financial troubles, buying an extra AED for our gym has not been an option, and the closest one is about a minute away by the office.
Relax now, you’re not really having a cardiac arrest, but this should get your heart beating a little bit harder. Think about it, one of your kids, one of your family members, a coach, anyone could have heart complications during physical activity. Take it from a writer who’s gone through 2 heart surgeries due to heart complications…it’s nice to have reassurance.
And that’s exactly what FHHS students Sofya Prewitt and Micah Powell are doing for their Community Project. Their goal is to make our facilities a safer environment by installing an AED in Turnbull gym. Sofya says, “No one can afford one extra minute when it comes to life or death. It’s an absolute necessity for our school to have an AED where most of the sports are played.”
Myself being a student athlete I can see where these two are coming from. I would encourage these two to follow through with this project. And wish them good luck.
If you would like to help out with this project you can donate to them directly. They will need about $1,200 dollars to buy an AED for the school. Feel free to contact them at sofya.prewitt (at) gmail.com
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