HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2016-05-18, Page 22 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Defibrillator installed in
St. Columban because
of young teen's fatal
heart attack
Last Wednesday,
the foundation
known as Andrew's
Legacy#11 Forever
donated a machine
that could save lives
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On May 10, one day before the
one-year anniversary of Stod-
dart's death, the foundation
known as Andrew's Legacy#11
Forever arrived in Huron County
with shirts, large cardboard pic-
tures as well as numerous other
pieces of memorabilia. His aunt,
Krista Granger, spearheaded the
day's event and her son Tyler
joined dressed in Stoddart's blue
and white jersey. The two cous-
ins' facial features and body
frames were identical, Granger
said. Nevertheless, they came for
one reason and one reason only
-to install one more defibrillator.
The St. Columban soccer field
was next on the list, a volunteered
endeavor that will be responsible
for an 11 -day trek where the Stod-
dart family will donate 11 AED's
to 11 sports fields. The trip id
expected to be primarily in the
Huron County and Oxford County
area. Granger told the Expositor
there is no time frame as to how
long these efforts will continue
for.
"As long as we can. As long as
there (are) places that need an
AED, we are going to be out there
putting them out," Granger stated
at the St. Columban Soccer
Clubhouse.
"Andrew was 15, he had no heart
condition that we knew of. He was
a healthy young athlete. He went
down on the field for 12 minutes
(waiting for an ambulance), they
did CPR and he did not come
home from the hospital. If this
small unit can save somebody by
getting it on them in three minutes,
they could walk off the soccer
field."
To show respect, the fire chief of
Huron East, Marty Bedard and Sea-
forth's district fire chief, Tom Phil-
lips attended. They were accompa-
nies by some local political staples,
including Huron East CAO Brad
Knight and Seaforth Ward Coun.
Nathan Marshall.
After the $2,000 AED was
installed in the wall, Superinten-
dent Paramedic for Huron Coun-
ty's EMS, Art McNaughton per-
formed a demonstration to show
the crowd just how "easy" the
machine works.
"They are very user friendly," said
McNaughton. "You have two but-
tons, an on button and a shock but-
ton. What the machine will do, is it
will sensor if the person is in a
shockable rhythm or not. If it is, it
will tell you to shock. You press the
button and you hope to convert a
person's non -beating heart into
one that is beating."
Currently there are roughly 90
defibrillators in the county and
since they've been installed, there
have been a couple of lives saved
thanks to the state -of -the art
machines. McNaughton went on
to say that when a person is hav-
ing a heart attack, approximately
75 per cent are in ventricular
fibrillation. This means the
heart's electrical activeness is dis-
organized, an occurrence where
the lower pumping chambers
undertake in a fast, abnormal
manner.
"Out of the 75 per cent, you can
save about 30 per cent of those
people," he said.
"It is a fairly significant number
and having them out and about in
the area where they can (be) uti-
lized is great."
Shaun Gregory/Huron Expositor
Krista Granger and Superintendent Paramedic for Huron County's EMS, Art McNaughton are pictured here in St.
Columban May 10. Granger is currently on an 11 -day voyage to donate 10 AED's to 11 different sports fields.
Andrew was 15, he had no heart condition that we knew of. He was a
healthy young athlete. He went down on the field for 12 minutes (waiting
for an ambulance), they did CPR and he did not come home from the
hospital. If this small unit can save somebody by getting it on them in
three minutes, they could walk off the soccer field," said Stoddart's aunt,
Krista Granger.
PAGET'S PLACE
ANTIQUES • COLLECTABLES THRIFT SHOP
BUY & SELL
We would like to invite everyone
to the opening of
Paget's Place Antiques Thrift Shop
Seaforth's very own "little curiosity shop
The doors will be open to public on
Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 9:00 AM.
Our store is proud to offer antique furniture, as well as, useful and
re -purposed used furniture, artwork, hand -made crafts and a variety
of gift items, jewellery, gold and silver collectables and many more
interesting items for everyone in the family.
We also offer a buy and sell service: gold and silver items, jewellery,
china, watches and Military items such as all Medal Awards, Decorations,
Orders and Badges. We ask that the seller be 21 years of age or older.
We try to pay top prices for your coins but due to the fluctuations in the
market regarding gold and silver, prices vary daily. We welcome you to
come in for a quiet, private meeting to discuss your collectables.
There will be tasty treats to welcome you on our opening day and we look
forward to meeting you all!
n Street South, Seaforth, Ontario NOK
Paget's Place C14 o tact: Liz and Peter Paget • Phone: 519-600-2297
J 1 I:EI illMtiie
Local soccer scores
U15 Girls
St.Columban played a great
game on Monday night (May 9th)
in Blyth, ending the game with a
3-1 win. Starting off with the first
goal was Samantha Reidy, assisted
by Claire Horan and Rebecca
Klaver. Before the first half was fin-
ished, Blyth came down and scored
making the score 1-1. Coming out
strong for the second half Emily
Anstett scored the second goal
assisted by Ally O'Rourke. To end
the game, Ally O'Rourke scored the
third goal assisted by Emily Anstett.
U18 Boys
May 12 at St. Columban against
Clinton, the U18 boys played their
first game of the season and tied
Clinton 4-4. Goals by Jesse Kemer-
ink (2), Mackenzie Berard, & Luke
Vogels.