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Sterling Heights awards survival coin after AED use at senior center pickleball game; fire chief touts AED program gains
Summary
The Sterling Heights Fire Department presented its 24th survival coin to a man who suffered cardiac arrest while playing pickleball at the Senior Center; bystander CPR and on-site AED use restored his heartbeat. Chief Kevin Edmond highlighted higher public AED use and registry reporting in the city.
Sterling Heights Fire Chief Kevin Edmond presented the department’s 24th survival coin May 6 to Ronald (last name not given), a man who collapsed during a February pickleball game at the Sterling Heights Senior Center and survived after bystanders used the facility’s automated external defibrillator (AED) and provided CPR.
Chief Edmond said the occupant lost a pulse on Feb. 8 while playing pickleball and fellow players and Parks & Recreation staff called 911 and retrieved…
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