Ayaz Kara suffered a heart attack in locker room after a squash game. A man who credits 3 Mount Royal University students for saving his life donated in hopes of saving the lives of others like him.
Defibrillators saves lives
After a squash game at the university’s courts, Ayaz Kara had a heart attack. There were 2 students trained in first aid provided CPR and utilize an automated external defibrillator (AED) to restart his heart. In appreciation, Kara donated 5 more devices to the university to help others.
An AED works by sending an electrical shock to a victim of cardiac emergencies to restart the heart. The device contains sensors that can monitor the heart activity and prompts the person using it if a shock is necessary.
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Learn how to help by enrolling in a CPR and AED class and for more information, check out these sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defibrillation
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