The Taylorville Kiwanis Club heard about using automated external defibrilators, or A-E-D’s, during their weekly luncheon Tuesday at the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium.

Taylorville Fire Chief Mike Crews told the club that A-E-D’s, which are now found at more and more public places, can be a life saver for someone going thru cardiac arrest. 

He demonstrated the A-E-D he found in the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium, and the voice prompts that make it very simple for the public to use.

Crews added that the survivability of someone having a heart attack, rests on a combination of immediate C-P-R and the use of an A-E-D.

Crews said that the Taylorville Fire Department conducts regular seminars for the public to learn how to use A-E-D’s.

Kiwanis members are reminded that the club’s annual officer installation luncheon, which will also be the club’s last meeting at the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium, is next Tuesday at noon.   Starting October First, weekly meetings will be held at a new location, the Taylorville Moose Lodge, 720 McAdam Drive in Taylorville.

The Taylorville Kiwanis Club is part of global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.  Weekly meetings are held Tuesdays at noon at the Taylorville Memorial Hospital auditorium.  For information on the club, go to taylorvillekiwanis.com.