Northfield Manor receives AED from Mdewakanton LIFE Program

Northfield Manor, the affordable senior independent living community at Northfield Retirement Community, has received the potentially life-saving gift of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) from the Mdewakanton LIFE Program. 

Northfield Manor tenant Tom Maus did the research and identified the opportunity to be selected as a recipient.

Maus was joined by Northfield Retirement Community’s Resident Service Coordinator Lynette Tupy and Vice President Residential Housing and Property Management Shelley Holden to proudly receive the AED at the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Fire Department on March 9. They were treated to a complete tour of the facility, thanks to Captain Ken Deja and Administrative Assistant Laura LaFavor.

An AED is a small portable electronic device that can be used by trained non-professionals as well as Emergency Medical professionals. It analyzes the heart’s rhythm and tells the user to deliver a defibrillation shock only if needed. An AED will give voice prompts and screen displays to aid the user in how to attach the external electrodes, when to do CPR, when to stand clear while the AED is analyzing, and when to deliver an electrical shock to the victim if needed.

The purpose of the Mdewakanton LIFE Program is to create greater awareness, availability, and knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), as well as a faster first response to a cardiac incidence not only within the Mdewakanton Sioux Community but within neighboring communities. To achieve these goals, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community is reaching out through Mdewakanton Public Safety to train first responders and place AED units throughout the area.