Local Corporation is a Real Life Saver (appeared in Summit Observer 3/25/99 & Summit Herald 3/27/99)

The Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad is please to announce that it has received a gift of 3 new cardiac defibrillators from Ticona Polymers Inc. Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Hoechst AG of Frankfurt, Germany, is located on Morris Ave in Summit. The gift is made in celebration of the site’s VPP STAR re-certification. The STAR certification is the highest recognition award available in the Voluntary Protection Program, the U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s most stringent environmental program. Ticona’s Summit facility has been a VPP STAR participant for the past 10 years.

The new defibrillators replace older units that the Squad first began using in 1993. A defibrillator can significantly increase the chance of survival for a patient of cardiac arrest. Squad volunteers first used such a device in November of 1993 and saved that patient's life. Since then, squad members have revived at least 7 cardiac arrest patients with the use of this technology. Ticona has also purchased a defibrillator of the same model for use by the on-site medical staff at its Summit facility.

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