Community ClicksSEQUIM — Clallam County Fire District No. 3 has received a $19,750 donation from the Sequim-Dungeness from the Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild for the purchase of a Zoll cardiac monitor defibrillator.
This device checks heart rate, oxygen saturation, carbon dioxide exhaling and blood pressure along with defibrillating the heart.
Fire Chief Steve Vogel said this will be the fourth defibrillator of this type in ambulances and fire engines in Sequim.
Paramedics frequently receive calls while already out responding, so the new defibrillator can help cut down on response time, he said.
The money came from sales at the guild’s thrift shop, 204 W. Bell St.
The check was presented at a recent guild luncheon at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church.
“This year we are responding to close to 6,000 calls and we are using your heart monitors and supplies,” Vogel said to a crowd of 100 guild members and volunteers.
“Anytime we go out on a call, these women are with us.”
Guild members also brought children’s toys to the luncheon.
Toys were donated to needy children in Sequim through Sequim Community Aid.
