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A Save on the Slopes
ATTITASH, NH – On Sunday, December 30, 2012, Brad Boehringer decided to go skiing at the Attitash Mountain Resort to celebrate the end of a great year. Boehringer is an avid skier and enjoys hitting the slopes when he has time off from his job as a flight nurse. He is also a member of the local rescue squad and as such is always sure to call his… Read More
Most ICD Patients Prefer Device Deactivation If Very Ill
NEW HAVEN, CT--ore than two-thirds of patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) would want their device turned off under some circumstances, such as permanently impaired memory or having an incurable disease, suggests a survey analysis published online today in JAMA Internal Medicine [1]. A surprising number of the survey's… Read More
External Defibrillator Jumpstarts Patient's Heart
NASHVILLE--Typically, when a person experiences sudden cardiac arrest while asleep, the chance of survival is poor. But when Barbara Campbell’s heart stopped working at 4:30 a.m. while she slept, the LifeVest external defibrillator she wore to bed that night did its job, restoring her heart rhythm and saving her life. The 67-year-old Lewisburg,… Read More
Longer CPR Improves Survival in Children and Adults
Experts from The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia were among the leaders of two large national studies showing that extending CPR longer than previously thought useful saves lives in both children and adults. The research teams analyzed impact of duration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in patients who suffered cardiac arrest while… Read More
Diamond Resorts International Requires CPR-AED Training for Team Members
Las Vegas, NV--Diamond Resorts International®, a global leader in the hospitality and vacation ownership industries, has instituted a new precautionary safety strategy that requires worldwide team members to be cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certified and trained in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) in order to respond… Read More
Could AED Have Saved College Athlete at Health Club?
MACOMB TWP., Mich.-- Those who responded first when a Wayne State football player collapsed while training are asking if more could’ve been done to save the athlete’s life. Serxho Guraleci was working out at the Premier Training Center in Macomb Township Monday morning. After lifting weights, he continued to do a running exercise. Guraleci bent… Read More
Atrial Fibrillation Linked To Increased Risk For Sudden Cardiac Death
Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is well known to be associated with an increase in the risk of stroke and coronary heart disease, a similar association with sudden cardiac death (SCD) has been suspected but not demonstrated in the past. Now a new study examing data from two large population studies offers evidence that AF is also an independent… Read More
AED Program Saves Three Lives in Six Months
35 Blain's Farm and Fleet Stores Equipped with AEDs and More Than 200 Staff Trained To Respond to Cardiac Emergencies JANESVILLE, Wis. -- In the last six months, the trained teams of staff responders at Blain's Farm and Fleet retail stores located throughout Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin have saved three lives using an automated external… Read More
A Christmas Miracle
PITTSBURGH, PA--It was Christmas night when volunteer Firefighter/EMT Nick Gerstel sat down for dinner with his family in Penn Hills, a suburb of Pittsburgh. It had been a quiet day for the volunteer department located just a short mile or so down the road from the Gerstel residence. In a matter of moments, that all changed. Christmas dinner was… Read More