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AED’s in the Workplace or Maybe Not
A survey shows half the employees in the United States don’t know where the AED is at their workplace, much less how to use it. (Leon Brocard/flickr)
Odds are strong that if you have a cardiac emergency at work, no one there will know what to do to help you in the precious moments before paramedics can arrive.
The American Heart Association says even though there are about 10,000 cardiac arrests in the workplace each year, most employers are not at all prepared to render assistance.
Paramedic and owner of Advanced Professional Healthcare Education Adam Fritsch says even if a business has an Automated External Defibrillator, or AED, available, Fritsch says a lot of employees would be afraid to use it – although they shouldn’t be.
“Not at all,” he insists. “Most AEDs today, especially the newer models, have only two buttons on them. It’s as simple as pushing the “on” button to turn the machine on, and then just follow the prompts for what it tells you to do. It will walk you entirely through the process.”
Tennessee has a Good Samaritan law in place that protects owners of AEDs and those who use them from liability for any unintentional medical harm.
The American Heart Association points out that an AED is of no use if employees don’t know where to find it or how to use it.
Fritsch says there are a number of myths surrounding AEDs that can make people hesitate to use one to help a stricken fellow employee. Sometimes people are afraid they’ll make a mistake and do more harm.
“The reality with the AED is, you can’t hurt a person with it,” he notes. “If you put it on a person and they don’t need the shock, the AED will tell you not to deliver the shock, whereas, if it does tell you to shock, that person must be having a cardiac emergency and must need that shock.”
Recent surveys have shown that half of all workers in the U.S. could not locate an AED at their workplace, and in the hospitality industry, nearly two-thirds of the employees had no idea where the AED was at their workplace.
“My encouragement to any fellow entrepreneur or employer out there would be to at least consider having some of their staff trained, even if they can’t afford having everybody trained,” says Fritsch. “To at least have some people on each shift that are aware of what to do in these emergencies can really go a long way to make a big difference.”
The American Heart Association says an AED can literally save lives, and encourages employers and employees to learn how to use one.
New State Parks App
Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Department of Health say they have partnered to develop a web application called “Healthy Parks Healthy Person,” which allows Tennesseans to log their activities at Tennessee State Parks in exchange for points that can be redeemed for rewards.
Some of the rewards from the new program include state park merchandise, golf rounds, free camping and cabin stays.
The program also links healthcare providers and the parks through its “Park Prescription” feature, which encourages providers to introduce outdoor activity as part of healthcare regimen for patients.
You can log activities like hiking, biking, running, swimming, paddling and rock climbing on the program’s mobile friendly site app.healthyparkstn.com. You can earn points at parks of any level: local, state and national. You can redeem your points at any Tennessee State Park.
8/2/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Kylie Williams, 11 — Pizza Winner!
James Willough, 69
Wayne Morton, 76
Anniversaries:
Mike & Pam Gold, 42
Dave McGinnis to Serve as Titans Radio Color Analyst in 2017
Veteran coach Dave McGinnis will replace Frank Wycheck as color analyst for Titans Radio for the 2017 season.
The Titans issued a release on Wednesday morning:
“After multiple discussions with Frank (Wycheck), it was agreed that he will take this season off from the radio broadcasts and return next season. With the season quickly approaching, we have reached an agreement with Dave McGinnis to fill-in for Frank this season. Coach Mac has a deep knowledge and passion for the game, along with eight years as a coach with the Titans. He is very excited about taking on this role and we think he will fill in admirably.”
McGinnis is a veteran NFL coach who served as linebackers coach/assistant head coach with the Titans from 2004-2011. He most recently served as an assistant with the Rams.
McGinnis served as head coach of the Arizona Cardinals from 2000-03 before joined Jeff Fisher’s Titans staff in 2004.
He’ll work alongside Titans play-by-play man Mike Keith. Thunder Radio is a proud affiliate of the Tennessee Titans Radio Network since 1997. Thunder Radio is your exclusive home for radio broadcasts of Titans games in Coffee County.
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CHS Golfers Fall at Cookeville
Reid Lawrence tees off in Cookeville on Tuesday at the 4th hole[Photo by Lucky Knott]
Samuel Prater continued the red hot start to his junior year as he shot a 1 under par 69 to lead the Red Raiders. Austin Farris fired a 75 while senior Reid Lawrence got around in 79 strokes. Matthew Hale shot an 82 to round out the Raider scoring and Josh Perry added an 88.
The Raiders return to the links on Friday when they play host to Franklin County. That match is set to tee off at 4 PM and will be held at Willowbrook. Coach Mike Ray will be a guest on Saturday’s Coffee Coaches Show to talk about his team. The Coffee Coaches Show airs at 10 AM each Saturday and is broadcast from the showroom of Al White Ford/Lincoln.
Braves Rally Falls Short in Loss to Dodgers
On a night that will be remembered as the debut of both Ozzie Albies and Lucas Sims, the final result was not a favorable one for the Atlanta Braves. The team never led on Tuesday against the Los Angeles Dodgers and, much like the misery in Philadelphia over the weekend, Atlanta fell by a final score of 3-2.
Sims performed admirably in his first MLB start, allowing three runs (and six baserunners) across six innings of work. The young right-hander did not yield a single walk, though he only struck out three, and Sims’ performance was strong enough to keep the Braves competitive.
However, the scoring began with two doubles (from Yasiel Puig and Chris Taylor) in the third inning and it was quickly followed by a Cody Bellinger leadoff home run in the fourth. From there, the Dodgers would tack on an insurance run in the fifth after a throwing error from Tyler Flowers behind the plate and that, as they say, was that.
On the offensive side, Albies’ debut was a relatively quiet one, as he finished the evening without a hit but the speedy prospect did reach base on a leadoff walk in the eighth inning. Overall, though, the Braves managed very little in the way of offensive production before (and after) Johan Camargo’s two-run blast, that plated Albies, in the eighth.
That swing did provide a glimmer of hope in the form of a one-run deficit and Brandon Phillips then singled to place a runner on base with no one out in the inning. On cue, Ender Inciarte was asked to bunt, bringing Danny Santana (inexplicably hitting in the No. 2 hole) to the plate. Both Santana and Freddie Freeman recorded outs and the final threat was vanquished.
Of note, Matt Adams, who made his first start in left field, exited the game in the sixth with what the team described as dizziness. Elsewhere, Camargo was the only member of the lineup to record an extra-base hit and that paints an accurate picture.
The Braves and Dodgers will be back in action on Wednesday evening, with Julio Teheran facing off against former Atlanta left-hander Alex Wood.
Bees Thump Sounds Again to Win Series
The Salt Lake Bees scored eight runs in the third inning and raced to a 13-4 win over the Nashville Sounds in the series finale Tuesday afternoon at First Tennessee Park.
The eight-run frame was the theme of the series for the Bees who scored 10 runs in the sixth inning in Sunday night’s win, and seven runs in the eighth inning of last night’s win.
It looked as though the Sounds would play from ahead for a while when they scored in the first inning. Franklin Barreto started the rally with an infield single and quickly swiped second base to get into scoring position. Moments later, Barreto raced home when an errant pickoff throw by Andrew Heaney went into center field.
Two Nashville errors in the top of the second evened the game for the Bees, but the real issues came in the third.
Salt Lake sent 11 hitters to the plate in the inning and came away with eight runs on eight hits. Dustin Ackley’s run-scoring single gave the Bees a 2-1 lead and they never looked back. Cesar Puello, Rey Navarro, Nolan Fontana, and Bo Way chipped in RBI hits.
The Bees put an exclamation point on the frame when Eric Young, Jr. belted a two-run homer into The Band Box to cap the scoring and make it a 9-1 game. It was the third straight game in which a single player had two hits in one inning for Salt Lake.
Sounds starter Zach Neal settled down the rest of his outing but was still charged with eight earned runs on nine hits in five innings. The loss dropped his record to 1-7 on the season.
Nashville scored a pair of runs in the fifth to cut the deficit to 9-3, but that’s as close as the game would get. Matt McBride doubled, Melvin Mercedes knocked him in with a base hit to left-center, and Barreto doubled down the left field line to plate Mercedes with Nashville’s third run of the day.
Barreto finished the day 3-for-4 and was the lone Nashville player to tally a multi-hit game. Matt Olson drilled his 21st home run of the season in the eighth to cap Nashville’s scoring for the day.
After winning four of the first five games on the homestand, the Sounds dropped the final three games to finish .500 on the eight-game homestand.
The Sounds enjoy a league wide off day Wednesday before beginning an eight-game road trip in Reno, Nevada on Thursday. Right-hander Frankie Montas (0-1, 4.22) starts for the Sounds against right-hander Jake Buchanan (2-0, 5.20) for the Aces. First pitch is scheduled for 9:05 p.m. CST.
8/1/17 — Birthdays
Birthdays:
Savannah Hodge, 10 — Pizza Winner!
Lizzie Bush, 102
Ledford Mill Road Construction August 2 and 3
The City of Tullahoma Public Works Department has announced that a Ledford Mill Road construction project will reduce traffic to one lane on Ledford Mill Road on Wednesday, August 2 and Thursday, August 3. The construction is located in the 300 block of Ledford Mill Road near the intersection of Deerfield Road. Drivers are asked to use caution and reduce speed.
Public Works will be replacing a drainage culvert underneath the road.