The Damar Hamlin incident has inspired the New Orleans Saints and Pelicans to donate automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to local facilities throughout Louisiana to ensure their community is prepared for all medical emergencies...

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The AEDs would be given to 40 New Orleans Recreation Department (NORD) facilities and 27 Jefferson Parish Recreation Department (JPRD) facilities, including 35 parks, three baseball fields and two football facilities ... this according to a statement released on Thursday.

"In light of the horrible events involving Buffalo Bills Safety Damar Hamlin, we felt it was
urgent that we reach out to our local recreational facilities to determine their needs,"
Gayle Benson, owner of the Saints and Pelicans, said.

"NFL games have the most advanced medical staff and equipment on hand, and we believe this needs to be replicated as best as possible on the youth sports level."

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Lithium•23 months

I did the same at SSA while the Lithettes (no pics) were in school there around 2006

cajunmud•23 months

Haha...yep, they'll be at your local pawn shop.

MercyTriumphs•23 months

Nice Gesture. They'll get stolen.

Lynxrufus2012•23 months

We have them in our office. For a while we got CPR/AED training and I asked "Why do we have training when we don't have one?" Evidently it took that to get the great minds to working and soon we had one. Ask that question in your office.

Le Tenia•23 months

You have the training regardless if you didn’t have one in your office and it can be used anywhere that does.

Bamafan24•23 months

Hope they never need them, but always better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.

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