The Beat Goes On
The MIKEY’s installed under the The Mikey’s Young at Heart School Defibrillator Program are available to hundreds of high school and continuing education students, their teachers and school staff. The life-saving potential is even greater when you consider that schools form the heart of our communities. MIKEYS will also benefit all of the individuals and neighbourhood groups who regularly attend meetings, play sports, vote at their local polling stations, and participate in other special events held on school property.
To date, over 250 MIKEYS have been placed in High Schools including the Toronto District School Board, Halton District School Board, Halton Catholic District School Board and Limestone District Schoolboard. More importantly, students have already been saved by a MIKEY because of this important program.
Thanks to the quick-thinking of gym teacher Jeff Crewe, 18 year old high school student Ajethan Ramachandranathan, is alive today. The Weston Collegiate Institute student was in Jeff Crewe’s gym class Friday morning, when the boy went into cardiac arrest. Crewe quickly grabbed the school’s MIKEY defibrillator and went to work saving his student’s life. In [...]
Tom Hayes from City News Toronto, reports on the quick thinking teachers at Silverhorn Collegiate Highschool that used a MIKEY to save a 17 year old student. The MIKEY was placed at the school through our Mikey’s Young At Heart School Defibrillator Program. Part 1 (5:30 Newscast) Part 2 (6:00 Newscast)
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