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Mr. Ryks, the answer to the implied question at the end is that the odds are more than 90% that she would have stayed dead.

Posted February 7th, 2012 by Bob Trenkamp
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Automated external defibrillator helps revive woman at Duluth airport
Bystanders used an automated external defibrillator and CPR to revive a woman who collapsed at Duluth International Airport on Sunday afternoon.

By: Steve Kuchera, Duluth News Tribune

The woman was waiting to go through security when she collapsed. Bystanders, including a nurse, couldn’t find a pulse or sign of breathing. A Transportation Security Administration supervisor ran to get one of the terminal’s automated external defibrillators.

AEDs are portable devices that, when attached to a patient, automatically
detect whether the person’s heart is beating irregularly. If so, the device instructs the user to administer an electric shock, which can spur an irregularly beating heart back into a normal, effective beat.

The nurse administered at least one shock and performed CPR until the woman became responsive.

Can you spot the one thing that would have increased his chances of getting out of the hospital with major brain function intact

Posted February 7th, 2012 by Bob Trenkamp
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Teamwork helped fallen 8th-grade Jessie Clark player after he collapsed
By Jim Warren — jwarren [at] herald-leader [dot] com

Posted: 12:12pm on Feb 7, 2012; Modified: 2:20pm on Feb 7, 2012

Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/02/07/2059144/teamwork-helped-fallen-8th-gr...

Fayette County school district officials said Tuesday fast action by an athletic trainer, safety procedures that worked according to plan and some good fortune came into play after eighth-grader collapsed at a baseball conditioning drill Monday afternoon.
The Jessie Clark Middle School student, identified as Benjamin Highland, was reported in critical condition Tuesday morning at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital. The incident occurred about 5:30 p.m. on the baseball field at Lafayette High School.

Bystanders Use Airport's AED to Save a Life

Posted February 7th, 2012 by SCAFoundation

DULUTH, MN - Bystanders used an automated external defibrillator and CPR to revive a woman who collapsed at Duluth International Airport on Sunday afternoon.

The woman was waiting to go through security when she collapsed. Bystanders, including a nurse, couldn't find a pulse or sign of breathing. A Transportation Security Administration supervisor ran to get one of the terminal's automated external defibrillators.

The nurse administered at least one shock and performed CPR until the woman became responsive.

When members of the full-time 148th Air National Guard Fire Department arrived on the scene, the victim was suffering a small seizure. The firefighters established an airway, gave her oxygen and stabilized her. After a few minutes, Duluth Fire Department personnel arrived to help until Gold Cross Ambulance came to transport the woman to Essentia Health St. Mary's Medical Center.