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Celtics Coach Saves a Life
NEWTON, Mass. -- None of us knows when we'll get our final shot in life, but Chuck Conley realizes his could have been last week. Conley, of Belmont, was playing a basketball pickup game when he collapsed. "It was scary. I had no pulse, no breathing. I had heart stoppage," said Conley. The Wednesday night pickup game at Newton's Hyde Community… Read More
What You Need to Know About “AED Failures”
AEDs save lives when they are properly maintained and used quickly by bystanders A new study, “Analysis of Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Device Failures Reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),” published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, requires attention and careful analysis.(1) It should also serve as a… Read More
Take a Stand Against Sudden Cardiac Arrest
You Are Invited! The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Coalition will host an event to raise awareness on Capitol Hill during National SCA Awareness Month in October. The event will take place at the Rayburn House Office Building foyer in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, October 26, from 4-6 pm. All interested parties are invited to attend. "Please help us… Read More
Public Awareness About AEDs Discouragingly Low
Widespread public education campaigns needed AMSTERDAM—Most laypersons are unfamiliar with automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and would be unwilling to use them to help victims of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), according to Patrick Schober, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Public… Read More
Give $25 or More on Tuesday, 10-4
The Pittsburgh Foundation will amplify contributions to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation on October 4th, the Day of Giving PITTSBURGH–Donate $25 or more to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation on Tuesday, October 4th, and your gift will be maximized through a portion of the match pool provided by The Pittsburgh Foundation. Your donation will… Read More
People in Poorer Neighborhoods Have Higher Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) was higher among people living in poorer neighborhoods in several US and Canadian cities, and the disparity was particularly evident among people under age 65, found a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. SCA accounts for up to 63% of deaths annually from cardiac diseases in the United States. Socio-… Read More
Former Steeler Survives SCA
Former Steelers undrafted free agent S. Brett Greenwood was hospitalized Friday in Iowa City, Iowa, after collapsing during a workout in Bettendorf, Iowa. Greenwood suffered an apparent sudden cardiac arrest arrest. Greenwood, who was released by the Steelers in part of their final roster cuts, was at his high school alma mater, Pleasant Valley,… Read More
NIH Funded Study Demonstrates that Patients Treated with New CPR Devices and Cooling Have Improved Long-Term Brain Function Following Cardiac Arrest
ROSEVILLE, Minn.-- Today, Advanced Circulatory Systems Inc. (ACSI) announced results from a large, NIH-funded clinical trial comparing standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to a new method of CPR that provides greater protection to the heart and brain when the heart stops beating (cardiac arrest). Their new device combination, called the… Read More
NEJM: Using an Impedance Device During CPR Does Not Improve Survival
Use of an impedance threshold device (ITD) has been shown to enhance cardiac output during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); however, a study published Sept. 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that use of these devices may not improve survival among patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received standard CPR. “One… Read More