Update on the Program

We’re working on starting the AED (Automated External Defibrillator) in the areas listed below:

• Inside Livingston Loop
• Inside Evelynton Loop, including the Churchill homes backing up to the area
• Ludwell Lane
• Sag Harbor Way
• Bellerose Trail
• Eaton Terrace

We need your help! There are 208 AED programs in The Villages. When there is a cardiac emergency having an AED in our neighborhood with trained Responders who can perform CPR and administer the AED may mean the difference between life and death. CPR gives us time. The AED gives us life. Without the AED, our heart cannot resume a normal rhythm.

Every minute without CPR decreases our chance of survival by 10%. The average time for an EMS to arrive is seven minutes. The average time for areas having AEDs in the area is one and a half minutes.

We need your help to start the program. Your contribution of $105, $125, or $150 will help cover our program for four years. We need 14 AEDs, aluminum boxes for storage, installation, new batteries that last four years, and Ready Alerts for the Responders — those volunteers certified in CPR & AED usage who are committed to helping you in a cardiac emergency. We have 43 people ready for training.

Many of our neighbors are out of town. If you know their summer addresses or emails, please let us know. We want to start installing the units in June.

Please Help!

Make your check to Lynnhaven South AED Program and drop off or mail to one of the following:

• Marcia Lucas  (click on link for email address)
  2616 Sag Harbor Way
  678-575-7512
   
• Mary Eill  (click on link for email address)
  2474 Richardson Road
  352-775-9819
   
• Fran & Ralph Helwig  (click on link for email address)
  752 Evelynton Loop
  352-753-8373

There is a box outside each front door. Please complete an informational form and deposit it inside the box with your check. Your personal information will be used for the AED program alone.

For those of you who want an AED program on your streets, I will help you in any way I can. Please contact me.

Marcia Lucas