A neighbor donated two defibrillators in Schuyler County
Dave Irvin gave two AEDs and the cabinets to hang them in. They are mounted at Cousins Cafe and Coffee and at Lancaster Senior Housing.
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Schuyler County has two more places where a bystander can reach a defibrillator. NEMOnews reported on October 8, 2026, that Dave Irvin donated two automated external defibrillators and the cabinets to mount them. One is at Cousins Cafe and Coffee. The other is at Lancaster Senior Housing. Both are rooms where people already gather, which is the point of putting an AED on the wall instead of in a trunk.
An AED is the device that can shock a heart back into rhythm during cardiac arrest, and it is meant to be used by someone who is not a clinician. The gift does not staff those buildings with medics. It shortens the distance to the machine.
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