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Board hears plans for CPR training, AED visibility and relocation of emergency supplies container
Summary
Board members discussed scheduled CPR/defibrillator classes for the public and first responders, the presence of AEDs at community facilities, and volunteers moving an emergency-supplies container from the old hospital to the county ambulance garage for easier access.
Carter County Board of Health members and staff discussed expanding CPR and automated external defibrillator (AED) access for the public and first responders and agreed to public classes in late August and September, and to efforts to make an emergency-supplies container accessible in the ambulance garage.
Board members and staff discussed a schedule of CPR/first-aid classes that staff said will be offered in the late part of August and several times in September; staff told the board that if three instructors are available they can run classes for up to 21 participants per session. "We will be doing the last part of September and on and off several times in the last part of August...several times in September," a board member said, describing scheduling efforts to include firefighters, law enforcement, EMTs and the general public.
Board members said community institutions such as the senior center and the event center should be notified about class dates; staff agreed to post notices, include the schedule on the public-health website and share information with school and fair-board contacts. Staff also said that classroom sessions would cover AED use.
On emergency supply storage, a board member reported that volunteers cleared space in the ambulance garage to relocate a large county public-health emergency supplies box formerly stored in the old hospital. The member described the ambulance garage entry as code-protected and more accessible than the old hospital space; staff noted the ambulance garage is not heated to building-warmth standards but would keep the container out of the old hospital pending a permanent location. Board members said they will coordinate volunteers and county staff if the container needs to move again.
No formal votes were taken; the board agreed to publicize the CPR classes and to proceed with local logistics for AED visibility and container relocation.
