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This fundraiser will buy the AED with all the additional equipment needed to put it into service (that includes 6 sets of pads.) So no, an additional $1000 is not needed at this time to provide the service.
This isn't something that will be used every time the ambulance responds to a call.
There are 5 days left on our fundraiser. We are $340 away from our goal. Won't you please help us go over the top today?
https://www.youcaring.com/negril-jam...service-431108
I just contributed a little bit. Good luck!
Thank you Frank!!
Today, I would like to give you some scenarios where the use of an AED would be appropriate.
You see your housekeeper at your hotel suddenly collapse. You, or another person, determine she is unresponsive and someone calls for help. Someone immediately begins CPR. If the hotel has an AED - this would be the time to use it. If the AED is used, and it provides the shock and your housekeeper regains consciousness - CPR and and the AED were effective. The ambulance arrives and your housekeeper is transported to the hospital. In the ambulance, she suddenly is unresponsive again, and because there is an AED on board, another shock and CPR save her life again and she arrives at the hospital alive.
The same situation could be true if EMS staff is at a gathering, like the Negril Rotary Donkey Races every year in February. They have their AED with them in the First Aid tent and are ready to use it for visitors, vendors, Jamaican residents -- anyone who is there. Having an AED available helps assure that basic emergency services can be provided for visitors and residents alike.
An AED is used in specific situations, such as these.
Wouldn't it be a sad if someone survives an initial incident, and then dies in the ambulance on the way to the hospital because they don't have an AED?
We are $295 away from our goal this morning! So close, with 5 days left.
Let's do this!
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Marcia
This is such a worthwhile cause, who knows who might benefit from a defibrillator for Negril Emergency Service. Zelda and I have made another donation to the cause. Who else is willing to help?
We only need $120 to make the goal and I'm afraid we aren't going to do it.
I see everyday here how giving and sharing everyone is and I hope you are willing to give a little bit more.
Just a few board members giving just a few $ each and we will make it.
I don't think there is an amount too low to be accepted.
Nothing wrong with a single donation of $120 either. :-)
Thank you Rumlover!!
Again - a big Thank You to all who have donated so generously.
I often read discussions on the board about the problems with the Ambulance in Negril. There have been questions raised that might be discouraging people from donating to this fundraiser.
Is doing nothing better than making an effort to improve the service the Ambulance can provide?
I don't think so. That is why I will be providing ongoing support for this endeavor. I don't plan to buy the AED, hand it over and wish them well. I will report our ongoing efforts as they unfold.
Here is your opportunity to be part of the solution. Lets get the final $120 today!
https://www.youcaring.com/negril-jam...service-431108
Just donated. :)
Come on guys. Don't be cynical about this.
You'll spend 20 bucks on beer which you only rent anyway.....
We'll match the next 20.00 donation.
Cap
KitchenBeeotch - Love your screen name!!!
And thank you for your donation.
Captain D - thank you for your generous offer and encouragement.
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We are so close! This is a great opportunity to give back to this beautiful place we all return to again and again. We can make a difference and possibly save someone's life.
Marcia,
Just let me know when to put the 20 in
Cap
I have had the pleasure of meeting Marcia, who puts in a lot of effort to better Negril in many ways.
How about just a few of you, throw in 10 or 20 dollars.
If you can't afford it, okay, if you don't believe in the cause, fine.
But if you worried about donating over the intenet, it takes 2 minutes, and is through a very secure,site, they took out the exact amount they were suppose to. They give you
a receipt to print out.
So many of us claim we have good '' friends in Negril''.
Do something small for your friend today !!!!
Just sent, Great Job Marcia. Tim & Ayron
Thank you Tim!!
There is your answer, Captain D. (Tim's donation was more, but your offer to match $20 is graciously and thankfully accepted.)
Becky and I matched your donation of $100. Can't wait to meet Linston on the 20th. Have a blessed day :)Quote:
Originally Posted by captaind & Linston
Thank you Camaro Chuck and Becky.
We are over the top! Any more donations will buy more single-patient pads that go on the chest to provide the shock.
Because of everyone's generosity and giving hearts, an AED will be in a position to help keep those giving hearts beating.
I am so grateful.
That's really great.Quote:
Originally Posted by camarochuck
BTW. I had a 1967 Camaro COPO with an L88. Held the D Mod production national record for a few weeks. Then Grumpy Jenkins took the "TOY" off the trailer and went 2 tenths faster LOL
Bless
Cap
You all are hitting it out of the park!!
Thanks Captain D.
Wonderful! So happy we all made this happen together. Thanks, Marcia, for organizing.
Big UP to all you bredren and sistren !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cap
Soooo happy to see we made. It great to be part of a group that can help make something like this happen. Good job everyone!
Thanks, Marcia for taking the lead on this project! And thanks too to all of boardies and sponsors who contributed. The entire community will benefit from this effort, as will all of the visitors. Nice work everyone! Proud to be a part of this effort.
Thanks Marcia for the hard work, and everyone that donated!
Jah Rastafari
Thanks Marcia, I hope many lives are saved.
TedP