Recently, a fire department in Markham, Ontario donated thirteen automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to help people living in Victoria County, Cape Breton. A few former residents of the island helped make that possible through Emergency Health Services (EHS) and the area's Fire Service Coordinator. One of the conditions for the businesses that accepted the potentially life-saving devices, was that they had to sign up and have them included on the EHS AED Registry program. Paramedic Lyle Donovan discusses how this all came together. And Registry Coordinator Mike Janczyszyn talks about the ongoing efforts to have more business sign up their AED and how the interactive map can help save lives.
