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Red Sail Sports employees receive Heartsaver Hero award |
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Monday, 26 August 2013 22:21 |
 The two employees of Red Sail Sports Aruba were honored with this award for their efforts last April, when they successfully resuscitated a guest who went into cardiac arrest during a dive trip. The actions performed were recognized as heroic by other guests aboard who recommended the two which resulted in being honored with this prestige “Hero” award. Red Sail Sports Aruba requires a yearly Emergency first response (EFR) certification training/refresher, including CPR, for all their employees in the water sports departments. Peter de Hoop, managing director of Red Sail Sports added: “As a tour operator it is very important for us to be able to do our utmost to ensure the wellbeing of our guests, and having well-trained staff that knows how to act fast, confident and effective in a situation where this is required is of vital importance. Fritz and Rudolf did and therefore were able to safe a man’s life.” The American Heart Association and Great‐West Life & Annuity Insurance Companyhave teamed up to honor those in the community that have performed CPR and/or used an AED to help save the life of a fellow citizen that went into sudden cardiac arrest. The awards given to Fritz and Rudolf are the first ever being awarded in Aruba.
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