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FCC CASE <br /> <br />REQUEST FOR ACCEPTANCE OF AN AUTOMATIC <br />DEFIBRILLATOR UNIT FROM THE STATE OF MINNESOTA <br /> <br />By: David Gustafson, Police Chief <br /> Tim Dwyer, Police Corporal <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />In July of 1998, the Ramsey Police Department applied for a grant from the Minnesota <br />Department of Public Safety which would allow us to receive, free of charge, one <br />Automatic External DefribiIlator. (AED). These units are used by First Responders to <br />revive victims of cardiac arrest. The key to the survival of adult cardiac arrest victims <br />lies with quick response time, early initiation of CPR, and early defibrillation. By having <br />AED units in our police patrol cars, the chances are much greater that a victim will be <br />resuscitated. The police department currently has (1) Surviva-Link AED unit in service. <br />This unit was obtained from a grant from the Anoka County EMS Advisory Council in <br />1996. The police department would like another AED unit so that two of the on-duty <br />squads will be equipped with this life saving device. There have been occasions where <br />the one officer with the AED unit has been tied up on an arrest and/or another priority <br />call and was unable to respond to the medical call; this has left the responding officer <br />without an AED unit. <br /> <br />On November 16, 1998, the Department of Public Safety notified our office that the <br />Ramsey Police Department has been selected to receive (1) Laerdal / Heartstream AED <br />unit. There were over 600 requests from 129 departments for the available 220 AED <br />units We are very pleased to have been selected to receive one of these units. <br /> <br />In order to receive the AED that we were awarded, the Department of Public Safety <br />requires an original resolution from the governing body authorizing the acceptance of the <br />AED unit. This clocument needs to identify who within our agency has the authority to <br />sign off on the grant agreement. <br /> <br />Council Action: ~L_.C) <br />Motion to adopt a resolution authorizing the acceptance of the grant award of(l) <br />Laerdal / Heartstrearn Automatic External Defibrillator from the Minnesota Department <br />of Public Safety for use by the Ramsey Police Department. <br /> <br />Reviewed by: Finance Officer Diana Lund and City Administrator Jim Norman <br /> <br />/bP- <br /> <br /> <br />