Michigan schools adopt a cardiac response policy

UNDATED (WHTC) -- The Michigan House passed legislation on Wednesday that would require schools to implement a cardiac emergency response plan. Schools that have an automated external defibrillator on premises would be required to have a cardiac response training drill in place of one of the eight… Read More

High schools will soon provide students training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and an automated defibrillator

JONESBORO — High schools soon will have to provide students training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the use of an automated external defibrillator. Senate Bill 212 requires that training for ninth through 12th grade students be part of schools’ existing health and physical education courses.… Read More

SLICC's Annual Report

SLICC's annual report for the fiscal year ending 3/31/13 is available on the web at... http://www.slicc.org/AR2013/ Please let me know if you have any questions. Bob

Capps Introduces Teaching Children to Save Lives Act

Rep. Lois Capps, D-Santa Barbara, on Tuesday announced that she has introduced the Teaching Children to Save Lives Act (House Resolution 2308), legislation that would provide critical resources to assist schools with teaching students across the country the lifesaving skills of cardiopulmonary… Read More

Medics On the Ball authorized to provide AEDs at Southern California premier events

Medics On The Ball has secured its place as Southern California’s premier event medical standby company thanks to a recent authorization from Los Angeles County to carry and use Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) at all events. AEDs are small portable electronic devices used by emergency… Read More

Sudden cardiac arrest emergency bags to be sent worldwide

Sudden cardiac arrest emergency bags to be sent worldwide The odds of footballers across the world surviving an on-pitch sudden cardiac arrest may be significantly improved with today's announcement of the new FIFA Medical Emergency Bag (FMEB) which will be issued to all of FIFA's 209 member… Read More

Madden Bill Aiming To Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death By Expanding Medical Examinations For Children Approved By Committee

TRENTON – In an effort to prevent instances of sudden cardiac death, Senator Fred H. Madden sponsored legislation that would require that all annual physical examinations given to children under the age of 19 include questions evaluating the child’s cardiovascular disease risk, and require health… Read More

And the Sleep Apnea list just keeps on growing.

Extracting from El-Ad, Baruch; Lavie, Peretz (2005). "Effect of sleep apnea on cognition and mood". International Review of Psychiatry 17 (4): 577–582. "patients complain about excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and impaired alertness. In other words, common effects of sleep apnea include daytime… Read More

AED Reclassification – When Near Perfect is Not Enough for the FDA

The FDA is proposing to reclassify AEDs as Class III medical devices. This change will require manufacturers to go through a much more time consuming and costly regulatory process before their AEDs can be sold. Why? According to the agency’s proposed rule, the primary purpose of reclassification… Read More

OK, Gov. LePage, Perhaps we shouldn't tell the schools that they need to have fire extinguishers, either?

Veto of Bill on CPR Training in Schools Holds 06/07/2013 10:27 AM ET The bill sought to train high school students in life-saving techniques including CPR and the use of automatic external defibrillators. AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) _ Gov. Paul LePage's veto of a bill calling for cardiopulmonary… Read More