WAUPACA, Wis. (WFRV) – Ten life-saving defibrillators have been installed at key public places around Waupaca, thanks to a partnership between Gold Cross Ambulance’s HeartStart Foundation, the Rotary Club of Waupaca, and student nurses from UW-Oshkosh.
The student nurses helped identify areas that lacked public access to AEDs (Automatic External Defibrillators), which are used during cardiac emergencies.
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Gold Cross has already installed over 300 AEDs across northeastern Wisconsin. In rural areas like Waupaca, where emergency response times can be longer, quick access to an AED can mean the difference between life and death.
The ten AEDs are now accessible at these locations:
- The ten AEDs are now accessible at these locations:
- Wheelhouse Restaurant
- Clearwater Harbor
- The Woods Restaurant
- Rustic Woods Campground
- H.H. Hinder Brewing Co.
- City of Waupaca – City Hall
- Empty Barrel Distillery
- Simpson’s Restaurant
- Schueller’s Great Exspechtations Restaurant
- Piggly Wiggly
