- Friday, May o 1988 - North Shore: ‘News

Kiwanis Club donates. medical equipment —

THY NORTH Vancouver Kiwanis

Club recently gave a

the North Vancouver unit of the

Provincial Ambulance Service.
Tim Jones; North) Vaneduver

unit chief of the Provincial Am-

heartfelt con:
tribution of “medical equipment to,

took
rap.

‘bulance Service, officially

“the delivery of a news

id defibrillator April 15.
The | equipment interprets ven-

_triculat fibrillation in a heart. and

can deliver localized shocks rang-

walt-seconds (oa wel which is in
a chaotic state, with no mechanical
output and incapable ‘of pumping
blood.

The rapid defibrillator
the operator: when to s§
the operator decides

advises.
ock and!
where to

ing from 200 watt. ~seconds to 360

rapid defibriflator are used in conjunction with the. North Van station's monitor defibrifiator, operated hy v-
vanced life support paramedics to address all Posnible cardiac irregutarities. fo

ow when yc you buy sae

“roll of Black's S color”
print: ‘film, you'll be
contributing t to your

Your contribution will be presented
during the sion sec Miracle. Net-

Black's § will donate on: n your behal 1 15¢ for évery roll

y2you purchase of Black's ultra‘high resolution color print’
~ film (priced.from $2.99 a: Toll). and.50¢ per.roll‘of . °*
. Black's film including Processing and color r prints: (pric.

ed fom $8,992 f01L) eo

‘Contribution period
4 “Apri ai to > May 2 21, 1988."

Shock and by how much.

Said Jones: This support is in-
dicitive of the kind of. financial
support me communities of our
province, receive from these
dedicated people."

i fhe new rapid defibrillator and

West - Vancouver-based rapid
lefibrillator are: used in conjune-
tion with the North Van station's

pmonitor defibrillator which is used

by advanced fife support paramed-
ics to address all possible cardiac
irregularities.

“This is an advance in cardiac
care, but you have to have CPR

-and advanced life support ta take

the patient on.to the hospital and a

successfal outcome,” Jones said. |

The defibrillator ts worth
$7,500, The money to purchase the
medical equipment was donated by
the North Vancouver Kiwanis
Club.

Said North Vancouver Kiwanis
Club selection committee chairman
David = Welsford: ‘We provide
grants to a lot of needy things, but
we saw this as having the potential
for saving lives on the Nocth Share
and that's why we chose it."

in addition to operating three
homes for seniors on the North
Shore, the club hands out close to
$50,000 worth of grants annually
to local organizations.

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