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UK Survey: Public AEDs Sparsely Distributed, Rarely Used
SOUTHAMPTON, UK--Many public areas here have no automatic external defibrillator (AED), or at least no record of them, and where they exist they are seldom retrieved and used before ambulance arrival, suggests a retrospective review of emergency calls for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest over one year[1] . It included a… Read More
Poll Reveals Nearly 80 Percent of Employed Adults Can't Locate Their Workplace's Defibrillator
Results from Cintas indicate organizations need help managing life-saving tools CINCINNATI, OH--Each year, approximately 300,000 people suffer out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests (SCA) that require revival from an automated external defibrillator (AED). According to the results of a survey commissioned by Cintas, a leader in first-aid… Read More
FDA Encourages the Public to Learn to Use AEDs
You're eating lunch in a local mall when a man at the next table collapses. Your first move? If you see a person collapse like that, someone who is not responsive and not breathing normally, you should first call 911 and then start cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But the next step is to look for the nearest AED and use it on the spot. If the… Read More
Laurel, MD, Receives Donation of 100 Defibrillators
BALTIMORE, MD--Laurel city is set to receive approximately 100 automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, from a Gaithersburg health company in what local leaders are saying is an unprecedented donation. "To our knowledge and research, it's one of the biggest donations to a local government or organization anywhere," said Mayor Craig Moe… Read More
S-ICD: A Review of the Literature
The following from CardioSource are 10 important points to remember about the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD): 1. The subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) is comprised of a subcutaneous pulse generator and a single subcutaneous electrode containing both sensing and defibrillating components. The generator sits over the fifth… Read More
Health Organization Receives Federal Grant to Provide 300 AEDs to Rural Communities in Maine
PORTLAND, ME--A Maine-based health organization has been awarded $600,000 from the federal government for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in rural Maine. Cardiovascular health specialist Tina Love from Medical Care Development in Augusta says the organization, working with the Maine Cardiovascular Health Council, is one of seven to… Read More
Defibrillator Loan Program Begins
Henderson residents planning public events can apply for the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) through a new city loan program. HENDERSON, NV--An AED is a portable electronic device capable of recognizing the presence or absence of ventricular fibrillation or rapid ventricular tachycardia associated with cardiac arrest, and… Read More
Physio-Control and PulsePoint Foundation Expand CPR and AED Awareness to Hundreds of U.S. Cities
Record number of communities go live on PulsePoint App during American Heart Month REDMOND, WA & PLEASANTON, CA--Physio-Control, the leading provider of emergency medical response technologies worldwide, and the PulsePoint Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing mobile technologies to help everyday citizens save lives,… Read More
AHA Releases Latest Statistics on Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
PITTSBURGH, PA--The American Heart Association (AHA) recently released its Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2014 Update, published in Circulation online in December and in print in January. The section on non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), an abrupt and unexpected pulseless condition, is based largely on information derived… Read More