Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Defibrillators Access

That this Council seek to create a database of all Defibrillators within Killarney and to establish public Knowledge as to were these defibrillators are and ow to access them

1 comment:

IdeaLink said...

Great idea Tom. The Killarney website, the town maps and tourist information should all be able to point out the Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) locations.

I think every large school should have its own defibrillator if they don't already have it; St Brendans (can also be supplied to the Presentation nextdoor as needed), the VEC, etc.

I strongly recommend the internationally recognised defibrillator symbol to be used in such maps, etc. and not just the word "defibrillator".

In this link to a symbol legend you can see the AED and Heart symbol for Defibrillator
http://www.elpasointernationalairport.com/symbol_legend.html

The cost of an from AED Defibtech Ireland is €1,650plus VAT. Small price to pay for saving a life in my opinion. http://www.aed.ie/int_16.html