Greene County Medical Center’s disaster preparedness team members presented automatic external defibrilators (AEDs) to community partners in early September. Funding, in the amount of $6,335, was provided by the medical center’s Emergency Preparedness grant funds through Homeland Security and Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) Centers for Disaster Operations (CDOR).
The AEDs were provided to the Greene County sheriff’s department, the Greene County Fair board, and the Greene County conservation board.
“These AEDs are being provided as part of our efforts to increase community preparedness based on identified need,” said public health director Becky Wolf. “Being a rural area and having an increased rate of heart disease makes this a perfect fit.”
Pictured are medical center team members (unless otherwise noted) with community partners. Froom left are Phyllis Drake, Katie Heldt, Greene County sheriff Steve Haupert, Greene County Fair board president Joshua Hedges, Chuck Hane, Greene County conservation director Dan Towers, Greene County emergency management director Dennis Morlan, Lori Herrick and Becky Wolf.
