A man died after a cardiac episode due to lack of an AED. The employees have been pressing the office to get the device for years. The National Film Board is buying 4 defibrillators for its Montreal headquarters after the death of an employee earlier this week.
Importance of AEDs in the workplace
The man who worked in film colorization had a cardiac episode and collapsed near the coffee machine at work.
According to the union, when a colleague called 911, the dispatcher asked whether there was a defibrillator nearby. Sadly, there were none present on the premises.
Employees have been asking for more than 4 years for a defibrillator. According to Lily Robert, director of communications and public affairs at the NFB, the request of the union for the machines were turned down.
After the death of the man, the NFB conducted some research into the devices. The NFB clearly missed out on a lot of information on the importance of the device.
The devices will arrive in the coming weeks and there will be one defibrillator on each floor once the NFB moves into its new building in downtown next year.
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