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2,000 AEDs Donated in Ontario
May 05, 2008 –BARRIE, Ontario–The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Restart a Heart, Restart a Life AED Program and the Heart and Stroke Chase McEachern Tribute Fund have reached a significant milestone. The foundation announced Friday 2,000 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) have been allocated to municipalities across Ontario. The original… Read More
Florida Bill Protects Employers from Lawsuits
May 1, 2008 –ORLANDO–Florida legislators on Wednesday approved a bill making it easier for businesses that deploy automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to get immunity from lawsuits. The measure (SB 564) ensures that an employer who acquires a defibrillator is protected from lawsuits even if it did not provide appropriate training to employees… Read More
Still Holding On
Bill Schafer, Ballwin, MO – 67 at time of event (1999) Ruthie asked her husband if he could hold on until they reached the gate at O’Hare airport. Bill says that request saved his life. If he had gone to the restroom like he wanted to, Roger, the flight attendant, wouldn’t have been there. Neither would the cardiologist from a… Read More
Kane Forest, IL, Preserve to Buy Defibrillators
April 29, 2008 – GENEVA, IL – Robert Quinlan was only slightly kidding.As he introduced the topic of the Kane County Forest Preserve District buying 12 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) recently, he said, “This is a topic close to my heart, obviously.” Quinlan has not had to use a defibrillator but said later he does feel a lot of… Read More
A Parting Gift
Bonnie Stine, Lakeland, FL – 51 at time of event (2006) Bonnie never knew that she had something wrong with her heart. No one put all the little pieces together. She was often a little out of breath, not exactly in shape, pre-menopausal, and even had a little swelling in her ankles. As a registered nurse, she might have known better, but… Read More
A Traffic-Stopping Birthday Present
Steve Vanderhelm, Council Bluff, IA – 53 at time of event (2005) Steve is an avid bike rider. He rides all year round, but in winter the bike never leaves the house. Summer is the best time, when he and his brother-in-law, Ed, regularly ride more than 20 miles through the hills and dales of Pottawattamie County, on the border with… Read More
The Team Rules, OK!
Kayla Burt, Portland, OR – 20 at time of event (2002) It was New Year’s Eve, and her basketball team was staying over to celebrate. But Kayla never saw the festivities. She had freshly brushed teeth, and a brush with death. Loree Payne, her best friend, watched Kayla fall face down between the bed and the TV—they all thought it… Read More
Pope Benedict XVI Accepts Gift of AED
April 17, 2008 –VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI personally accepted the gift of an automated external defibrillator (AED) from Gintaras Vaisnys and Fabio Rangoni, representatives of a U.S. defibrillator company. Vaisnys and Rangoni met with the Pope at a recent papal audience where Vaisnys presented the AED while Rangoni explained to the leader… Read More
AEDs To Be Placed in East Baton Rouge Schools in Wake of Student Death
April 17, 2008–In a first for local schools, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board will soon place in its high school athletic departments a dozen automated external defibrillators donated by area medical groups The first of the devices will be donated to the School Board today in the memory of Glen Oaks High School student-athlete Shannon… Read More