20 HEART DEFIBRILLATORS ARE GIFT OF LIFE

Ohio State Police receive donation from university alumna

Students, faculty, staff and visitors at The Ohio State University can take heart in the news that their stay on campus just got a little safer, thanks to the donation of 20 heart defibrillators from Ohio State alumna Dorothy Fenburr of Bexley.

The University Police Department will hold an open house to recognize this generous gift of equipment and training as well as provide demonstrations of their use on Wednesday (11/1), from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Blankenship Hall, 901 Woody Hayes Drive.

University police officers will use the Medtronic Physio-Control Life Pak 500 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in 10 of their cruisers, while the remaining 10 will be placed in the Jerome Schottenstein Center; Larkins Hall, the campus recreation facility; the Wexner Center for the Arts; and various other public gathering sites across campus.

An AED, which is approximately the size of a laptop computer, is used to shock a person's heart back into rhythm following sudden cardiac arrest. AEDs are important in rescue situations because they allow police officers and other trained civilians to aid cardiac arrest victims until emergency medical professionals arrive.

WHAT: A demonstration of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

WHEN: Donor presentation, Wednesday (11/1) at 1:30 p.m.

15-minute AED demonstrations, Wednesday (11/1) at 1:45 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Ohio State University Police Department, Blankenship Hall, 901 Woody Hayes Drive.

WHY: To make members of the university and the community aware of the life-saving potential of this generous gift and how it can be used.