Preferred Club Program Adds Cardiac Emergency Readiness Program
National News • February 27, 2009
Venture Insurance Programs' Preferred Club Program teamed up with CR Certification Corporation ("CardioReady"), a provider of independent auditing and certification of cardiac emergency readiness ...
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Subject: AEDs on golf courses
Posted On: November 12, 2008, 7:15 am CST
Posted By: Elliot R Fisch
Comment:
It's about time that someone puts together a program for golf course cardiac preparedness; especially considering the frequency of Cardiac Arrest on the links.
Certainly not having an AED is a death certificate for a golfer in cardiac arrest on the course; worse is not having a plan to react if you do have an AED.
Many courses have them, but don't tell the golfers. An incident happens and the playing partners call 9-1-1, as they should. Most times, they don't think of calling the pro shop/security for the course as well.
9-1-1 dispatchers don't know that there is an AED available and it will easily take more than the national average of 7-8 minutes for paramedics to arrive.
Congratulations to Preferred Club and CardioReady for overcoming antiquated belief systems looking out for what's best for the health and safety of the players.
Elliot Fisch
Boca Raton, FL
Subject: AEDs on golf courses
Certainly not having an AED is a death certificate for a golfer in cardiac arrest on the course; worse is not having a plan to react if you do have an AED.
Many courses have them, but don't tell the golfers. An incident happens and the playing partners call 9-1-1, as they should. Most times, they don't think of calling the pro shop/security for the course as well.
9-1-1 dispatchers don't know that there is an AED available and it will easily take more than the national average of 7-8 minutes for paramedics to arrive.
Congratulations to Preferred Club and CardioReady for overcoming antiquated belief systems looking out for what's best for the health and safety of the players.
Elliot Fisch
Boca Raton, FL