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Actress, SCA Survivor, Speaks at St. Luke Luncheon
COLUMBUS, GA--Actress Tracey Conway told women on Tuesday they need to care for their health the same way they would that of a loved one. “We have to care enough about ourselves,” she said. “It is so easy to care about someone else’s health.” Conway spoke to an audience of 355 in the St. Luke Ministry Center. The occasion was the 10th annual “… Read More
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland and West Side Suburbs Launch PulsePoint App
CLEVELAND, OH--The Cleveland Clinic, the city of Cleveland and five West Side suburbs are rolling out the use of a smartphone app called PulsePoint, which alerts users in the area of an emergency when there’s a need for CPR. The app is designed to get nearby trained bystanders to the scene to start CPR during the time it takes for an ambulance to… Read More
Coming to a Theater Near You
MINNEAPOLIS, MN--Seventy-two Minnesota movie screens will be airing a Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training public service announcement created by the MN Resuscitation Consortium during February’s National Heart Month to bring awareness to a highly lethal heart event called sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Heart disease continues to be the… Read More
New Funding for AEDs in Police Cars in San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA--Councilman Mark Kersey Friday announced new funding to place automated external defibrillators in patrol vehicles serving the San Diego Police Department's Northeastern Division. Kersey plans to spend $7,500 from his office's Community Projects, Programs and Services fund to get five AEDs into vehicles this year. The portable AED… Read More
Design and Medicine Unite to Save Lives: Penn Medicine Public Art Initiative Aims to Draw Attention to AEDs
PHILADELPHIA, PA--If you saw someone collapse and lose consciousness, you would likely call 911, and if they weren’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse, you might also know to start CPR while you waited for help to arrive. But would you know where to look for an automated external defibrillator (AED)? The answer to this public health challenge may… Read More
Drug Studied for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes
HOUSTON, TX--Doctors and researchers at the Texas Heart Institute are recruiting patients to participate in a clinical trial they hope will lead the way to prevent and reverse hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), the most common genetic heart disease, and a common cause of sudden cardiac death in young people, especially young athletes.… Read More
Promising Technology Could Turn Laptops and Tablets into AEDs
The invention relates to a kit for adapting common laptop and tablet computers to enable each to be used as an automated external defibrillator (AED) to treat victims of sudden cardiac arrest. BOCA RATON, FL-- BABRIC Life Science Innovations (tm) has announced that the startup medical technology company has been issued a U.S. patent… Read More
Funding for Rural AED Program Increases
WASHINGTON, DC--The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 (Public Law 113-76), signed into law in January, includes appropriations of $3.364 million for the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices (AED) Program. While this is less than the $5 million championed by Senator Tom Harkin (D-… Read More
Parents Say MBTA Workers Saved Son's Life
QUINCY, MA-- Two MBTA workers are being credited with saving the life of a man who suffered sudden cardiac arrest in a train station. Kevin Bossart, 24, has a pre-existing heart condition. Last week, he suffered sudden (cardiac arrest) and collapsed at the Wollaston MBTA Station. Bossart fell down the stairs, hitting his head in the process. An… Read More