FIRST OUTDOOR AED AT KELVIN GROVE PARK IN BRACEBRIDGE

BRACEBRIDGE — A walk in the park just got a little safer here.

The Town of Bracebridge, in partnership with Moose FM and Action First Aid, unveiled the first outdoor year-round SaveStation AED in Kelvin Grove Park Monday morning.

It is a free and easy-to-use for anyone who is walking, swimming nearby or playing at the tennis courts.

The purchase and installation are the result of the donations and sponsorships by the companies.

It is the first outdoor AED to be placed in Muskoka.

Sudden Cardiac Arrests happen in Canada on average every 13 minutes.

The good news is that there is a more than 75 per cent survival rate when an AED is used within the first 10 minutes.  For this reason, public-access AED’s that everyone can use are the difference to save a life.

The SaveStation AED takes the concept a step further by standardizing the cabinet design and offering indoor/outdoor solutions that can be installed in highly accessible locations.

The SaveStation Guardian is a free-standing structure that houses an AED in an outdoor cabinet. It provides real-time feedback on the AED device, a climate-controlled cabinet, backlighting for full visibility, as well as alarm and photo control upon cabinet opening.

The AED is available to anyone, at any time, to be used in a cardiac arrest emergency.