Yokota squadron newly equipped to save lives

Yokota squadron newly equipped to save lives

(EXCERPT) , By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition,
Friday, November 7, 2003

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Airmen or contractors who go into sudden
cardiac arrest at the 459th Airlift Squadron will have a better chance
of surviving thanks to a new piece of equipment.

The squadron recently purchased five automated external defibrillators
— small, portable machines that can jump-start an idling heart in
seconds.

It’s one of Yokota’s first nonemergency response units to purchase
defibrillators, according to officials. Yokota’s fire department has
three — one at each station — said Master Sgt. Russell Eidenschink,
assistant chief of B-shift operations.

Having the defibrillators markedly slashes the time needed...

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