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Are AEDs a Good Investment? You Bet Your Life.
A recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philly.com was a cause for concern for the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. Authors Arthur Caplan, MD, and James Fitzpatrick, MD, of the University of Pennsylvania, cautioned readers about buying defibrillators, suggesting the concept of public access defibrillation may be overrated. More... We… Read More
Take a Step for Survival--Join Susan Koeppen and Register Today
Join Susan Koeppen, KDKA TV anchor and sudden cardiac arrest survivor, on the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation team at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community, a 5K walk to be held on Saturday May 19 in Pittsburgh. Help raise awareness and save lives. To register, click here. PITTSBURGH, PA--The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation is honored that… Read More
NIH Launches Trials to Evaluate CPR and Drugs After Sudden Cardiac Arrest
BETHESDA, MD--The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched two multi-site clinical trials to evaluate treatments for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. One will compare continuous chest compressions (CCC) combined with pause- free rescue breathing to standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), which includes a combination of chest… Read More
Use of Primary Prevention ICD Therapy Increases, Racial Disparities Decrease
Prior research has demonstrated there is low utilization of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), particularly among women and blacks. Sana Al-Khatib, MD, of Duke University and colleagues set out to determine the degree to which the overall use of ICD therapy and disparities in use have changed. They studied 11,880… Read More
News Anchor and SCA Survivor Back to Work
PITTSBURGH (KDKA-TV) — A few short months ago, the odds were heavily stacked against her survival and her chances of resuming a normal life; but as KDKA-TV News Anchor Susan Koeppen returns to work at the anchor desk for the first time since November, she’s sharing her story in the hopes that it may inspire more people to learn what to do to save… Read More
RI Hospital: Estrogen Linked to Sudden Cardiac Death
RI Hospital researchers get new look at what causes Sudden Cardiac Death Providence, RI--One of two new studies from Rhode Island Hospital’s Cardiovascular Research Center directly links sex hormones for the first time to arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death (SCD). The second study identifies differential conditions and cellular mechanisms that… Read More
World's Largest AED Training Session Held in Singapore
SINGAPORE--About 5,000 people yesterday broke the record for the world's largest Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training session, which marked the second National Life Saving Day here.The feat came with a serious message: That learning how to use the AED may save lives. This, as about 1,400 people collapse out of hospital each year in… Read More
Paramedics Can Perform CPR Well While Sitting in Ambulance
Rescuers performing chest compressions in a moving ambulance should sit down instead of standing, experts now advise. A recent trial showed that paramedics can do chest compressions comparably well in both positions, but they themselves are safer when they are seated with seat belts. Researchers had 14 emergency medical technicians and paramedics… Read More
Lawsuit Filed Against Fitness Center for Failing to Use AED on SCA Victim
EDWARDSVILLE, IL--An Alton man has filed suit against the owners of Nautilus Fitness Center in Alton, claiming the facility failed to have the proper heart resuscitation equipment on hand when the plaintiff had a sudden cardiac arrest. Trent Rice claims the center disobeyed a state law by failing to have on hand an automated external defibrillator… Read More