School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide more guidance on availability.
An automated external defibrillator, a portable machine that can be used to help someone experiencing cardiac arrest, outside the Lockport Township High School east campus locker room.
“I think what the state has done in that regard, making sure that all schools have them, is a good thing,” Couwenhoven said. “Cardiac crises can happen anywhere, and we need to ensure we’re prepared to respond regardless of where one occurs,” Miller said. “In Cook County,Bridget O’Brien, an eighth grade teacher at Liberty Junior High School in New Lenox,
“I think more schools would love to have more AED machines, but then of course, there is that cost,” O’Brien said, suggesting working with different civic groups raise funds.
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