Promoting heart healthy lifestyles and placing as many defibrillators in public places as possible - The Beat Goes On
1) What is a MIKEY? A MIKEY is a Public Access Defibrillator (PAD), also called an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Defibrillator can hard to spell and even harder to say, so we call them MIKEYs. An AED is a portable user-friendly electronic device that automatically diagnoses potentially life-threatening heart … [Read More...]
We received the most wonderful news today! Loriann Ierullo, of the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex in the Town of Aurora, was kind enough to send us a note describing how Edwin Jackson's life was saved using a defibrillator donated by The Mikey Network. Following is Loriann's note, reprinted with … [Read More...]
From L to R: Gayle Pollock, Commander, Safe City Program, Toronto EMS, Morty Henkle, Executive Director, The Mikey Network, Paramedics Gregory Salwonchuk, Matthew Ross, Andrew Sheehan, Toronto EMS Chief, Paul Raftis Toronto EMS Paramedic Graduation Class of February 2014, presented a cheque to The Mikey Network for the … [Read More...]