TD BeAT - Be AED Trained
Lifesaving CPR and AED skills
Tyson Downs Association
We are a non profit association commited to sharing awareness and training. In loving memory of Tyson
Together We Can
Together we can be better prepared for sudden cardiac arrest
Training and awareness are key elements in the success of our goal. Learn how you can participate.
Together we can advocate for more accessible AED's for public use in public spaces
TD Beat is the main advocate for more accessible AEDs in public spaces while also helping map out locations of AEDs in our community.
Together we can help to build a registry of AED's in our community
If you own or know of a location of a publicly-accessible AED that is not listed on our map, please fill out the form below indicating the location of the device.
Attention: the information collected will be shared only with AED Foundation Ontario, the official registrar for the province of Ontario.
When submitting your form Please also send a photo of the AED in its location to info@tdbeat.ca, this will assist 911 in directing responders to the AED in an emergency.
Together we can gain the confidence in our youth to apply life-saving measures
Please feel free to reach out to us if you are a representative of a young adults sports team and wish to upgrade teams’s life-saving skills and knowledge on the subject.
Together we can help prevent sudden cardiac death
We are raising awareness and working to provide training. Fund raising helps to create a map of AED’s as well as add more AED’s for public use. See below for more information.
Our Vision
Motivate and inspire young adult athletes to learn lifesaving CPR skills. With more accessible AED’s available to public use there will be a greater confidence and knowledge to help increase patient survival rates.
Our Mission
To provide a CPR and AED awareness and training program to adolescent and young adult sports teams
Giving Our Best
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Current training modules and equipment
Supporting our local athletic associations
Supporting other associations with common goals
Honored and proud to be the supporter of the Tyson Downs Memorial Award "You don't need to be the best, you just need to give your best"
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About TD Beat
TD Beat, created in memory of Tyson Downs. We are a nonprofit association that wants to motivate and inspire young athletes to learn lifesaving CPR and AED skills. Together with support of local sports clubs and organizations, TD Beat will provide a free basic training presentation along with the help of experienced and knowledgeable trainers and training equipment.
TD Beat is also honored and proud to be the supporter of the Tyson Downs memorial Award “You don’t need to be the best, you just need to give your best” given to a graduating student at Owen Sound District Secondary School with who bests exemplifies Tysons characteristics of hard work and determination in athletics and academics.
TD Beat focus is on sports groups of young adults and adolescents aging from 16-20 years of age. Our mission is to help young people gain the confidence to apply life saving measures if called upon.
TD Beat will also be a main advocate for more accessible AEDs in public spaces while also helping map out locations of AEDs in our community.
Everyday we miss Tyson and TD Beat is committed to keeping his legacy alive through this valuable community service.
Tyson Downs – Inspiration
Tyson was a seemingly healthy elite athlete whose life was taken during the best years of his life. At just 18 years old in the early hours of July 23, 2023, we lost Tyson. A friend, teammate, brother and son who lived his life to the fullest each day. His infectious smile and willingness to be the best captured the hearts of everyone he met.
Tysons determination in life was one that inspires all of us. His approach to sports was one of an elite athlete, the practice and the willingness to be better landed him a spot on the KW Siskins Jr B Hockey club and the Owen Sound Jr B North Star Lacrosse Team. Tyson was an exceptional golfer and a member of the Legacy Ridge Golf Course.
It was discovered that Tyson carried a positive hereditary mutated gene, this gene MYH7 was found in his heart causing sudden cardiac arrest, there were no signs or symptoms, and his immediate family are undergoing extensive testing to see if they are also carriers of the mutated gene.
The response and support Tysons family have received is truly a testament to the compassion people have. Much like Tyson, his actions always spoke louder than words and was grounded by his parent’s advice “Always stay Humble and Kind”
Tyson was an even better person, always lending a hand when needed, volunteering in his community and treating everyone he met with respect and dignity. A younger loved brother to Gavin and an amazing son to Diana and Chris Downs.
Family was the most important thing to Tyson; he loved the holidays like Christmas and looked forward to his vacations in Florida.
The morning of July 23, 2023, changed our lives and the lives of so many.
There is not a day that goes by where we are not thinking about him, often seeing the signs that he is watching. Dragonfly’s, hawks and the numbers 66, 26 and 92.
July 23, 2023, is frozen in time for all who loved him, much like so many others that have been affected by the sudden loss of someone close, its hard to imagine we are living our life without Tyson.
“You don’t need to be the best, you just need to give your best” these words have given us the inspiration to create the TD Beat Association, we will do our best to help others in our community in honour of Tyson.
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