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Sam Parnia--The Man Who Could Bring You Back from the Dead

Sam Parnia MD has a highly sought after medical speciality: resurrection. His patients can be dead for several hours before they are restored to their former selves, with decades of life ahead of them. By a conservative extrapolation, Parnia believes the relatively cheap and straightforward methods he uses to restore vital processes could save up… Read More

City May Make AEDs Mandatory in Newly Constructed Buildings

NORTH BAY, ONTARIO--North Bay could become the first municipality in Ontario to make the installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) mandatory in newly constructed commercial and institutional buildings. Council heard from Mayor Al McDonald Tuesday a motion will be brought forward in two weeks calling for a bylaw that would require… Read More

Take a Step for Survival: Support the SCA Foundation Team at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community on May 18

Join the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation team at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community, a 5K Walk to be held on Saturday, May 18 in Pittsburgh, PA. Help raise awareness and save lives. To register for the walk or support the team, click here. PITTSBURGH, PA--The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation will once again have a team during this year’s… Read More

Substitute Soccer Player Saves Teammate's Life

BALTIMORE--Annapolis resident Mike Greenhill is one of those rare guys who, even after he turned 50, could effortlessly sprint up and down a soccer field like he did as a much younger man. Until one evening last year, the 53-year-old took this ability for granted. Now, as Greenhill prepares to return to the game after an 11-month hiatus, he's… Read More

Basketball Players Use AED to Save a Life

CHICAGO, IL--Matt Krueger looks forward to hugging his basketball buddies who helped save his life earlier this month. “I physically died on March 2,” said Krueger, a Genoa resident. “I am happy to be here.” On March 2, Krueger was sitting out a game during a morning of pickup basketball in the gym of Christ Community Church in St. Charles, when… Read More

FDA Proposes Tighter Rules for Emergency Defibrillators

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules aimed at improving the reliability of emergency defibrillators following some 45,000 reports of device failures over the past seven years. The defibrillators, found in hundreds of airports, shopping malls and restaurants across the country, are designed to jump-start the heart after it… Read More

FDA Issues Proposal to Improve the Quality of AEDs

FDA: Proposal protects access to critical medical device The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a proposed order aimed at helping manufacturers improve the quality and reliability of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). The proposed order, if finalized, will require manufacturers of these life-saving devices to submit pre-market… Read More

AED Saves the Life of the Hockey Player Who Had It Installed

ST. JOHN'S--A Twillingate, New Foundland, man says he'd be dead were it not for a defibrillator that he arranged to have installed at the local arena. Dave Stuckey was playing recreational hockey at the George Hawkins Memorial Arena earlier this month when he experienced chest pains. Two doctors on his team advised him to go to the hospital, and… Read More

Pardee Hospital Collaborates to Boost Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates in Henderson County

HENDERSONVILLE, NC--Pardee Hospital and Henderson County Emergency Medical Service System have joined forces to participate in the statewide RACE CARS project and the national CARES registry, aimed at increasing the chances for survival in sudden cardiac arrest and assessing performance for further improvement. Sudden cardiac arrest is the third… Read More

Taipei to Install AEDs in Rapid Transit Stations

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Life-saving automated external defibrillators (AED) will be installed in every Metro Rapid Transit station in the city, Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin announced yesterday. The 109 machines in MRT stations will be just part of some 1,000 AEDs that will be placed in public areas around the city over the next three years. According to… Read More