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Hands-Only CPR Gets a Push
We all know that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a lifesaver. Some of us also know how to “pump and blow.” So it’s good news that CPR is now easier to perform. Recently the American Heart Association (AHA) has accepted the findings of several studies that suggest sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims may be better off without mouth-to-mouth… Read More
Hospital Workers Revive Unconscious Airline Passenger
June 10, 2008–SACRAMENTO, CA–Three longtime members of United Healthcare Workers-West saved the life of a 53-year-old passenger on their Southwest Airlines flight from Sacramento to Burbank early Tuesday.The trio was among a group of 35 workers headed to Southern California to attend a contract bargaining session with their employer, Catholic… Read More
National CPR-AED Awareness Week: Congress Encourages Everyone to Learn CPR/AED
May 30, 2008–WASHINGTON, D.C.– Congress has set aside June 1-7 as the first annual National CPR/AED Awareness Week to spotlight how lives can be saved if more Americans know CPR and how to use an AED. In the declaration, Congress is asking states and municipalities to make AEDs more publicly accessible. During this week, CPR-AED training… Read More
Americans Lack Confidence in Lifesaving Skills for Common Cardiac Emergency
May 28, 2008–DALLAS, May 28–Most Americans don’t believe they could perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and use an automated external defibrillator (AED) to help save a life in a cardiac emergency, according to a recent American Heart Association survey. View full survey results here - View fact sheet here. In an online survey of more… Read More
OHSU Begins Community Study on Victims of Cardiac Arrest
May 19, 2008 – Portland OR – Study will be conducted by paramedics at the scene of a person's collapse Oregon Health & Science University, along with local emergency medical services and health system partners, is beginning a study in the Portland/Vancouver metropolitan area that will test methods of resuscitating people who experience… Read More
Back from the Dead: What We Can Learn From Survivors of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
First Year Data from the SCA Survivor Registry,™ An Initiative of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation May 15, 2008 – PITTSBURGH – One year ago, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation launched the SCA Survivor Registry™, the nation’s first online registry for people who suffered sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)—and lived to tell about it. Information… Read More
Survivor and Spouse Crusade to Save More Lives in Iowa
May 13, 2008 – HUMESTON, IA – Students, staff, and visitors at any school building in Wayne County, Iowa, are now a little more protected from the number-one killer of Americans--sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)---and soon all the citizens of Wayne County in rural south central Iowa will be a little safer. After Butch Gibbs of Humeston suffered SCA… Read More
Dentists in Scotland to Get AEDs
May 8, 2008–The prevalence of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) has compelled main street dentists in Scotland to install defibrillators in their offices to speed up aid to patients who suffer from the condition. NHS Lothian, which provides healthcare in Edinborough, has been awarded £55,000 to buy 52 defibrillators so that dentists and dental nurses… Read More
Sudden Cardiac Death: Who's at Risk
May 6, 2008–Sudden cardiac death can often be prevented with an implantable defibrillator in people known to be at high danger. These include survivors of a heart attack, people with severe heart failure, and certain rare genetic abnormalities of the heart's electrical system. But defibrillators can't be implanted in everybody who might die… Read More