Archive - Feb 23, 2010

PITTSBURGH–Dana Peres Edelson, MD, MS, has been elected to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Board of Directors. Dr. Edelson is Director of Clinical Research at the University of Chicago's Emergency Resuscitation Center and Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine.

"We are delighted that Dr. Edelson will be joining our team," said Bobby Khan, MD, PhD, Board Chair. "We are very impressed with her expertise and distinguished honors and awards. Dr. Edelson will be a tremendous asset to our organization as we continue to raise awareness and save lives threatened by sudden cardiac arrest."

Dr. Edelson, who has been called "a rising star" by her colleagues, was recognized as the American Heart Association Resuscitation Science Symposium Young Investigator of the Year in 2005 and 2007.

DUBLIN–More than 1,000 young people from across Ireland were screened for signs of cardiac illness at
a dedicated centre in Tallaght Hospital last year.

The
National Centre for Cardiac Risk in Younger Persons provides screening and
assessment for family members who have died suddenly from cardiac causes.

Former Vice
President Dick Cheney's recent hospitalization for chest pains puts a spotlight
on heart disease — the No. 1 killer of both men and women in the United States.

The 69-year-old
Republican, who served as Vice President from 2001 to 2009 in the
administration of George W. Bush, was said to be resting comfortably Monday at
George Washington Hospital, Washington D.C.

"His doctors
are evaluating the situation," a statement from his office said.

PHOENIX -- A Phoenix police officer used a defibrillator to help save a passenger's life at Sky Harbor International Airport Monday morning.

According to an airport spokeswoman, a 50-year-old passenger collapsed in line at a security checkpoint at 5:35 a.m. Phoenix police Officer Brian Warren responded to the scene and found the passenger not breathing. Two witnesses, who happened to be nurses, were performing CPR. Warren reportedly used an Airport automated external defibrillator (AED) to shock the unidentified passenger one time. Phoenix police Officers Kim Walsh, Tim Essick and Paul Rooks arrived and took turns administering CPR. Phoenix firefighters transported the patient to the hospital in critical condition.