The Ellis County Press: Ferris acquires defibrillators

Ferris acquires defibrillators
================================================================================
Editor on 12/07/2006 00:00:00


CHANTEL JAMES
_The Ellis County Press_
Ferris - Texas Education Agency has declared that each district have at least
one automatic defibrillator on each campus.
Recently, Ferris ordered one defibrillator for each campus, one for the bus barn
and one for the administration building.
For the high school, two would be purchased so there was one in the field house
and one in the main building.
'We feel like it is important to have one at each of our facilities,' said
Superintendent Mike Bodine.
A trainer from the company that these defib-rillators are being purchased would
come to Ferris to show the proper ways to use the new equipment.
'We want as many people on campus to know how to operate one,' said Bodine.
'The common protocol is you have an automatic defibrillator within three to four
minutes on each campus.'
An average defibrillator ranges from $1,000 to $1,400 and the ones purchased by
Ferris were $1,200 each.
They have a loud voice and large digital readout.
'We feel like it is imperative we keep our students safe,' said Bodine.