Bologna, 17 April 2024 – TheAvis donates ten defibrillators to schools, to celebrate the 85 years old of activity in the city of Bologna: “Proximity to the new generations is fundamental for us, it allows us to transmit our values of health education and to best pursue our objective, i.e ensure as much blood as possible to the city’s hospitals. All this through concrete action,” he opens Diego Turchi, municipal president of Avis of Bologna.
Avis of Bologna donates 10 defibrillators to schools (Fotoschicchi)
In the five complexes involved, thecomprehensive institute number 6, number 13, number 22, The Arcangeli High School and the Institute Aldini Valerianigods will also be carried out training courses to school operators, promoted by the Red Cross: “A project that integrates the work that Bologna has been carrying out for some time in terms of life-saving maneuvers. As the Red Cross we participated in the Avis donation by offering our skills, the more citizens have the ability to intervene, the more lives are saved” he comments Marco Migliorinipresident of the Bologna Committee of the Italian Red Cross.
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In fact, the numbers show that approximately one person in a thousand per year has a cardiac arrest in Italy (to be precise 86 out of 100,000), with one mortality higher than 70%. Therefore around 60,000 Italians a year are affected by cardiac arrest, and often there is a witness who would be able to start the cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers waiting for help to arrive.
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