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Sheboygan WI Police Officers Use Defibrillator to Revive Man, 72
Sheboygan, Wisconsin–A 72-year-old man visiting Sheboygan collapsed in a motel lobby Tuesday night but was brought back to life by an automated external defibrillator (AED), according to the Sheboygan Police Department. Employees at AmericInn, called 911 about 6:45 p.m., and two Sheboygan police officers arrived to find the Coleman resident was… Read More
Study Demonstrates Benefits of ICD Therapy for Heart Failure Patients
Three-year mortality reduced in Medicare beneficiaries with HF following ICD implantation Patients with heart failure (HF) and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) <35% who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) during hospitalization had better survival at three years than those who received no device. Researchers… Read More
Rural AED Funding to Increase in 2010
Congress yesterday passed the final fiscal year 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations bill, which will increase funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices Program. The bill calls for appropriations of $2.526 million, the highest funding level the program… Read More
Wearable Defibrillator Saves Another Life
SAN DIEGO -- A man who came to San Diego for heart surgery credits a special device for helping save his life. Sudden cardiac arrest kills about 50 people an hour in the U.S., according to medical research, and Kirk Miller of Riverside County was almost a victim. “I was sitting at the kitchen table with my wife having coffee, just visiting,”… Read More
Multi-National Attitudinal Survey on CPR Reveals CPR Performance Needs Improvement
Survey Results Show Gaps in Perception Versus Reality of CPR Performance by Healthcare Professionals Results of the first-ever, multi-national attitudinal survey concerning the performance of CPR by healthcare professionals were recently presented concurrently with the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. This… Read More
Bozrah, CT, Joins 41 Other Municipalities Across the State as a HEARTSafe Community.
It received the designation last week from the state Department of Health. PUTNAM, CT–"It’s no small achievement, and it’s a good accomplishment,” First Selectman Bill Ballinger said. Since August, paramedics there have trained more than 60 people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and proper use of automated external defibrillators. Residents… Read More
B. Braun Honors Workers Who Rallied Together to Save Co-Worker's Life
One minute Roger Shearer was doing what he does every day, trying to fix a piece of equipment on B.Braun’s high-tech manufacturing floor. The next, he was flat on his back, his heart stopped and his face rapidly turning blue. The 45-year-old equipment mechanic suffered sudden cardiac arrest that day last August. “I went over to make a few… Read More
Boston Scientific Issues Voluntary Advisory Regarding Certain ICDs
This advisory is limited to devices identified in the product model list that were implanted subpectorally. Devices implanted subcutaneously are not included in this advisory. Boston Scientific has determined that the bond between the header and case could be weakened by significant forces associated with a subpectoral implant procedure or when a… Read More
Cardiac Science Clarifies Voluntary Medical Device Correction
BOTHELL, WA–Cardiac Science announced earlier last week a voluntary field corrective action due to a very rare occurrence found pertaining to a device resistor in one of its AED models. The probability that this would occur in a Cardiac Science AED is less than 0.0013%. With approximately 300,000 Cardiac Science AEDs in use, this issue contributed… Read More