Zoll AED Plus updates to meet AHA 2005 guidelines

By LETCH DAY
Kentucky Board of EMS

FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Board of EMS was the Administrator of a grant that provided more than 700 Zoll AED Plus units in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. A lot of them were given to the Local Health Departments in the Counties and then placed in Fire Departments, Law Enforcement, Schools, Nursing Homes, and other points of large gathering.

We are needing your help in contacting any agency that may have received one or more of these units. The Kentucky Board of EMS will be doing the Zoll AED Plus updates to meet the 2005 AHA Guidelines. If you have not had the Zoll AED update completed please review the schedule below and bring your AED to the closest location.

Northern Region, Keith Smith Cell 502-262-8455:

• June 4-5 Frankfort KBEMS Office 8-4:30 2545 Lawrenceburg Road, Frankfort, KY
• June 26, 1pm-7pm June 27, 8am-1pm Fleming County EMS 2343 Bypass, Flemingsburg, KY
• July 12, 1pm-7pm June 13, 8am-1pm Hebron Fire and EMS 3120 North Bend Road, Hebron KY

Central Region, Paula Coyle Cell 502-330-9008:

• June 14, 1pm-7pm June 15, 8am-1pm Somerset Fire and EMS 301 Hail Knob Road, Somerset, KY
• June 18, 1pm-7pm June 19 8am-1pm Adair County EMS 906 Westlake Drive, Columbia, KY

Eastern Region, Ray Chesney Cell 502-330-9005:

• June 6, 1pm-7pm June 7, 8am-1pm Ambulance Inc. of Laurel County 420 West Fifth Street, London, KY
• June 11, 1pm-7pm, June 12, 8am-1pm Trans-Star Ambulance Service 104 South Lake Drive, Prestonsburg, KY
• July 9, 1pm-7pm July 10, 8am-1pm Powell County EMS 56 Atkinson Street, Stanton, KY

Western Region, Sharon Pierceall Cell 502-330-9006:

• June 20, 1pm-7pm June 21, 8am-1pm The Medical Center Logan Co 1201 Nashville Street, Russellville, KY
• July 18, 1pm-7pm July 19, 8am-1pm KCTCS Fire Rescue Training Center 1300 HWY136 E, Calhoun, KY
• July 16, 1pm-7pm July 17, 8am-1pm Mercy Regional EMS Service 126 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY

KBEMS Staff:

• Lexington Fire School, Lexington Convention Center June 8-9, 4-8 on the 8th and 10-2 on the 9th at the KBEMS Booth in the vendors area

You may also contact Letch Day at 859-256-3565 or via email at letch.day@kctcs.edu for additional detail. If you are planning on being in the Frankfort area and wish to bring your Zoll AED by the office please call and set that up so that we can make sure someone will be in the office to complete the update. This process takes approximately 10 minutes per unit. 

FYI: We can only update the Zoll AED Plus, we do not have any other makes or models update kits.

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