In the wake of a 12-year-old’s sudden death on a community football field, a group of parents in Jacksonville, FL, has set out to protect other children from sudden cardiac arrest.
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Where was the defibrillator? 12-year-old Rashad Wallace died from sudden cardiac arrest on the field.
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Their plan to place automated external defibrillators at every athletic field in town got a boost this month when Mike Castleman of Cardiac Science donated one of his company’s defibrillators to the Normandy Athletic Association.
12-year-old Rashad Wallace collapsed and died on the field at the Normandy Football Complex in August. His death started Nancy Goff, a parent and a registered nurse, thinking about how the community could get life-saving treatment to children in the critical early minutes after sudden cardiac arrest.
Goff contacted Castleman, who donated the device. It’s been placed in the kitchen of the athletic field concession area. A dozen parents have been trained in life-saving techniques and in use of the AED — a device that is simple enough that even adults without training can follow step-by-step voice prompts to conduct a rescue.
“Sudden cardiac arrest can happen anywhere, at any time, to anyone,” Castleman told the Jacksonville news media. “I can’t imagine the thought of losing a child.”
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