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Research Shows More Americans Expect to Find AEDs in a Wide Range of Locations
Harris Interactive national survey documents significant increases in locations where the American public expects lifesaving equipment to be found when sudden cardiac arrest strikes PHILADELPHIA, PA--CardioReady, a leader in helping organizations prevent fatalities from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), today announced the results of the second annual… Read More
Los Angeles Fire Department Partners with PulsePoint Foundation
LOS ANGELES, CA__ The Los Angeles Fire Department has joined with the PulsePoint Foundation and The Wireless Foundation to bring life-saving technology to Angelenos via PulsePoint, a mobile app designed to increase citizen awareness of cardiac events beyond a traditional “witnessed” area and engage them in… Read More
How a Smart Phone App Can Help You Save a Life
When someone suffers sudden cardiac arrest, they need immediate help. That’s because the chance of surviving a sudden cardiac arrest drops 10 percent for every minute that passes before they receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). A smartphone app called PulsePoint Respond aims to solve that problem by connecting people struck by sudden… Read More
Brown’s Resolution Deeming ‘AED Awareness Week in Pennsylvania’ Approved by House
HARRISBURG – In an effort to raise awareness about the positive and life-saving benefits automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) can provide, Rep. Rosemary M. Brown (R-Monroe/Pike) sponsored House Resolution 104, establishing Feb. 22-28, as “AED Awareness Week in Pennsylvania.” Brown organized an AED training seminar at the Capitol earlier today… Read More
Dr. Jonathan Drezner Leads Discussion on SCA at USA Football National Conference
INDIANAPOLIS, IN--Injury data and research for youth sports make national headlines on a regular basis, but certain injuries or causes are highlighted while others are not put in the limelight. Recently, education about sudden cardiac arrest has been brought to the forefront of youth sports and for a simple reason – sudden cardiac arrest is the No… Read More
California Bill to Require Defibrillators in New Buildings
SACRAMENTO, CA--Most new buildings in California with an occupancy greater than 200 people would be required to stock electronic devices used to stop cardiac arrest under a new bill. Sen. Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, planned to introduce the bill, SB 287, during a news conference today in San Diego. It would require automated external defibrillators (… Read More
New Technology Can Predict Cardiac Arrest Hours to Days in Advance
Dr. Dana Edelson's system alerts hospital staff hours to days before cardiac arrest is likely to occur CHICAGO, IL--Cardiac resuscitation specialist Dr. Dana Edelson, an adviser to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, says she'd like to help data analytics do for healthcare what it's done for baseball. “We task clinicians to interpret… Read More
Physio-Control Partners with USA Football
USA Football has announced a multi-year partnership with Redmond's Physio-Control as a supporting sponsor of USA Football, its Heads Up Football and U.S. National Team program. Physio-Control’s LIFEPAK CR Plus is the official automated external defibrillator (AED) for USA Football and Heads Up Football. Physio-Control will provide grants making… Read More
Even Mild Heart Failure Can Lead to Sudden Death
Sudden cardiac arrest is a possible cause of death in patients with non-ischemic cardiac muscle weakness, i.e., a type of heart failure caused by genetics or for which no cause is known. Now, researchers at the University Department of Internal Medicine II at the MedUni Vienna (Clinical Department of Cardiology), as part of an international… Read More