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SLC Firefighters Using Pit Crew Approach to Treating Cardiac Arrest See Dramatic Improvement in Survival Rates
SALT LAKE CITY, UT--Thanks to the implementation of a new resuscitation innovation, the Salt Lake City Fire Department has seen an increase survival rate of cardiac arrests. The survival rate for all cardiac arrests responded to by Salt Lake City firefighters has improved from 12 percent in 2011 to 18 percent in 2013. The national survival rate is… Read More
Parents Say MBTA Workers Saved Son's Life
QUINCY, MA-- Two MBTA workers are being credited with saving the life of a man who suffered sudden cardiac arrest in a train station. Kevin Bossart, 24, has a pre-existing heart condition. Last week, he suffered sudden (cardiac arrest) and collapsed at the Wollaston MBTA Station. Bossart fell down the stairs, hitting his head in the process. An… Read More
Oklahoma EMSA Announces "Outstanding" Survival Rates
TULSA, OK--Cardiac arrest survival rates have hit an all-time high in the Emergency Medical Service Authority (EMSA) service area of the Tulsa and Oklahoma City metropolitan areas, according to data released Monday by the Office of the Medical Director. In the calendar year 2012, the area's EMS system--EMSA and its 16 partnering first responder… Read More
US Lacrosse Grants Available to Subsidize AED Costs
BALTIMORE, MD--US Lacrosse is now accepting applications for 2014 grants to be used to significantly subsidize the cost of acquiring automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Teams, leagues and US Lacrosse chapters may submit applications through April 1, 2014. Grant recipients will receive one AED for the discounted price of $700. US Lacrosse has… Read More
First of 2,000 AEDs Installed to Launch Lifesaving Initiative in Canada
Heart and Stroke Foundation and federal government install first AED as part of new program to equip arenas across Canada. Foundation working to make AEDs as common as fire extinguishers. LEGAL, AB--Installation of the first of 2,000 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in arenas and recreation centers across Canada was announced today at the… Read More
Two Half-Brothers Die Suddenly from Cardiac Arrest
NEW YORK, NY--Two jogging brothers, two city parks—and two fatal heart attacks, less than three weeks apart. Peter Berry, 60, collapsed and died during a Jan. 19 Central Park run, just 20 days after his older half-sibling went into cardiac arrest during a New Year’s Eve jog through Prospect Park. Rynn Berry Jr., 68, died 10 days after… Read More
Implanted Devices Might One Day Run on Energy from Nearby Organs
Animal study finds way to harness energy from internal motions In the future, lifesaving pacemakers, defibrillators and other implantable devices might be powered not by limited-lifespan batteries but by the limitless energy generated by the movement of a patient's own bodily organs, new animal research suggests. The idea is to safely stitch… Read More
HELP International Introduces Digital Out-of-Home Defibrillator System
Lichtenstein-based HELP International AG has introduced a full-outdoor digital out-of-home (DooH) communication device with a professional emergency lifesaving system in a single freestanding unit, branded HELP, which stands for stands for Human Emergency Life Point. The announcement comes after three years of research and development, more than… Read More
Hands-Only CPR Training Kit Winners Announced
Five cities will receive 500 CPR Anytime kits to implement the Cities of Service Volunteer CPR Blueprint to improve cardiac arrest survival rates DALLAS, TX--For the second year, the American Heart Association and Cities of Service, a bi-partisan coalition of more than 180 mayors committed to using citizen service to address pressing local needs,… Read More