SALAMANCA — The Salamanca City Central School District lately acquired a totally automated DC-AED Lifeline by Defibtech, carry case, Curaplex Stop the Bleed equipment and AED Program Management Software from the Operation AED program by means of Sports Image Inc.

Karen Magara, Assistant Superintendent for Finance & Operations, utilized for the grant program in May, and the AED arrived in November. She stated the free package deal of apparatus for the district’s athletic program is valued at $2,500.

The Operation AED Program is run by Sports Image’s Community Outreach Program. For this grant, Magara labored with Charlie Hill from Sports Image.

“Something I enjoy regarding the project is that my manager actually started this program because he was in attendance last year for the Damar Hamlin incident in Cincinnati,” Hill stated.

In a Jan. 2 sport towards the Bengals, the Buffalo Bills security suffered a cardiac arrest after making a deal with. Hamlin acquired CPR and automatic exterior defibrillation (AED) was administered earlier than he was taken to an area hospital in vital situation.

“From that, he sparked this program when he realized there was an increase in cardiac arrest situations in students,” Hill stated. “Since then, we’ve just been slowly working to expand our reach to as many schools as possible.”

Chad Bartoszek, Salamanca’s Athletic Director, indicated the AED can be put in on the Seneca Intermediate School nurse’s workplace.

The district additionally acquired a banner to point their sponsor for the free AED. Salamanca’s AED was sponsored by Universal Primary Care.