Wear Red for Women donates AED to Missouri Job Center

November 3, 2023

Wear Red for Women, a Bothwell Foundation committee, recently gave an automated external defibrillator (AED) to Missouri Job Center at 515 S Kentucky Ave. in Sedalia. An AED is a small, lightweight device that allows individuals and first responders to treat sudden cardiac arrest. The machine automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and when appropriate, it delivers an electrical shock to the heart to restore its normal rhythm.

According to an American Heart Association study, survival from cardiac arrest doubled when bystanders stepped in to use a publicly available automated external defibrillator rather than wait until emergency responders arrived.

Funds to purchase the device were raised during the 2023 Wear Red for Women luncheon and auction. The committee’s goal is to have AEDs in every place people work, learn, play or pray in Sedalia and Pettis County. Since the inception of the luncheon event in 2020, 72 AEDs have been placed in or committed to various locations. The 2024 Wear Red for Women event is Feb. 23, 2024, and tickets will be available in January.

From left: Rhonda Ahern, committee member; Lauren Thiel-Payne, Bothwell Foundation executive director; Laura Kempf, Missouri Job Center functional leader; and Trish Henson, committee member.
From left: Rhonda Ahern, committee member; Lauren Thiel-Payne, Bothwell Foundation executive director; Laura Kempf, Missouri Job Center functional leader; and Trish Henson, committee member.

Bothwell Regional Health Center is a regional health center serving west-central Missouri with state-of-the-art technology and comprehensive health and wellness services including primary care, specialty care and emergency care. For more information about Bothwell and its services, visit www.brhc.org or find us on Facebook.

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