
The non-profit Chad Schmit Memorial Beef Classic has donated two portable Automated External Defibrillator (AED) devices to the Wabasha County Fair Board.
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One device will be installed permanently in the chalet/Event Center on the Fairgrounds, to be available during the County Fair and for any other events hosted in the facility.Â
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The other device will be located in the livestock show ring during the Fair. Afterward it will be kept with Wabasha County 4-H staff to be available during 4-H events.
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The Plainview News reports the group will offer bystander hands-only CPR training at 6 p.m. Monday, July 15 in the chalet/Event Center at the Wabasha County Fairgrounds in Wabasha.
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The free, public event will be held in memory of Chad Schmit, a Plainview native and Wabasha County 4-H member who died due to cardiac complications in 2021.Â
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A certification card will be issued for everyone who completes the course, which will take about 60 to 90 minutes. Any number of people can attend. Pre-registration is not required.
The course will cover:
- Determining the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest.
- Identifying a cardiac arrest.
- How to administer chest compressions and why rescue breaths are no longer advised.
- Instruction on how to operate an AED.
- And a brief discussion on heart disease/signs of stroke/symptoms and legalities.
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