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EPC School gets grant for defibrillator

...“They only take three to four seconds to hook up and start running and that can make the difference between life and death.”The grant of over $12,000 helped purchase three They are located in the lobby of the high school gym, in the junior high building and in the Tyronza gym.“When we were working up our crisis plan where we prepare for natural disasters and the like we began looking at other things we could do to help the school and the community,” Williams said.

“Rob made the suggestion about getting the Then he found the grant and we worked together to get it.”With Riverside Ambulance being located in Marked Tree, the response time in for any sort of emergency can be anywhere from 13-15 minutes which is considerably longer than the critical four minute window.“From recognizing that the victim is having a hear attack to making the 911 call to getting a response on the call, it can take that long or longer to get help here,” Williams said.

“There are a lot of times when the ambulances are out making calls and the response could be very long.”According to Williams, EPC is the only school in the state which rece...