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Louisville neighborhood becomes first in Metro to install outdoor AED

Louisville neighborhood becomes first in Metro to install outdoor AED
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Louisville neighborhood becomes first in Metro to install outdoor AED
A Louisville neighborhood in eastern Jefferson County has installed an automated external defibrillator to help those in cardiac arrest.St. Andrews Village, located off Brownsboro Road, is the first community in the metro to install an outdoor AED. The process began about seven months ago.The installation was a collaboration between the community and the Anchorage Middletown Fire Department as a way to make the life-saving device more accessible to people in the area."We met seven months ago, and we decided that the best thing for this community would be an outdoor AED, where the community has access," said Dee Jay Kelly, with the Anchorage Middletown Fire Department. "They can take control over saving lives, along with doing CPR before first responders get here."The AED was only recently installed outside their community center and is wired to connect to 911 dispatch. Once the box is open, the call for help begins immediately.

A Louisville neighborhood in eastern Jefferson County has installed an automated external defibrillator to help those in cardiac arrest.

St. Andrews Village, located off Brownsboro Road, is the first community in the metro to install an outdoor AED.

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The process began about seven months ago.

The installation was a collaboration between the community and the Anchorage Middletown Fire Department as a way to make the life-saving device more accessible to people in the area.

"We met seven months ago, and we decided that the best thing for this community would be an outdoor AED, where the community has access," said Dee Jay Kelly, with the Anchorage Middletown Fire Department. "They can take control over saving lives, along with doing CPR before first responders get here."

The AED was only recently installed outside their community center and is wired to connect to 911 dispatch. Once the box is open, the call for help begins immediately.