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The Seaforth Agricultural Society has partnered with OBN Security to pay for an automated external defibrillator (AED). Last week the device was installed at the Seaforth Agriplex.
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Life saving" AED installed at the Agriplex
Shaun Gregory
Huron Expositor
A state-of-the-art defibril-
lator was installed at the
Agriplex last week to accom-
modate the community's
aging population and was
the result of a years' long
partnership between the
Seaforth Agricultural Society
(SAS) and OBN Security.
The Canadian security
company has contributed
half of the $2,500 cost of the
automated external defibril-
lator (AED) while SAS will
pay the remaining balance.
Lyle Haney, president of
the -SAS, said--iliis medical
equipme%tit was needed for
the venue, given that the
town is becoming known as
a retirement community.
"The arena over there has
one, the Legion has one, any
public place that you might
have an issue, should have
an (AED)," he said.
With hosting events that
serve alcohol, such as stag
and doe parties, which is one
of the Agriplex's most popu-
lar events, Tom Wheildon,
OBN's director of operations,
said it's best to have a defi-
brillator and not need it than
the other way around.
"When you [take the unit
off] the wall and open it, it
talks to you. It walks you
through the steps" said Wheil-
don, during the machine's
unveiling ceremony Jan. 25.
"You never know when you
might need this:'
The portable device is able
to monitor the heart rhythm
of a person suffering from car-
diac arrest and to administer
an electric shock to restabilize
the heart beat if needed.
Currently, OBN is in con-
tract with the SAS to 2020.
Wheildon said the recent
AED installation in Seaforth
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is beneficial since all of his
OBN security personnel are
trained to operate it, along
with First Aid and CPR.
This specific training is not
a requisite for most security
agencies, stated Wheildon,
however it only makes sense
to be conscious of the health
concerns relating to events
that welcome people in large
groups.
"We do a lot of stuff, we are
here in Seaforth, but we also
work at large venues," com-
mented Wheildon. "For
instance, the Barry Molson
Centre, where we'll have 5,000
people at a Hedley concert."
"The chances of problems
or medical urgencies at an
event like that happen on a
regular basis, we need peo-
ple that are trained and
ready to service the public."
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of the advanced care para-
medics program in Huron
County, (Ontario's first
municipality to do so), Brehan
MacNeil, the executive officer
for OBN, who is also a para-
medic graduate, respects the
healthy initiatives his com-
pany is undertaking.
"That's one of the things
that is special about us, all of
our guards are specially
trained to use these
machines," stated MacNeil.
"We are trained before we
come out to every event and
honestly, we see it as an
asset while we are working at
different events."
"It's not just for older people
anymore, unfortunately, it's for
younger people as well."
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