This will save lives!

Please visit http://www.slicc.org/PepsiSLICC has applied for a $250,000 grant to deploy 75 AED's and equip/support 25 additional neighborhood CPR training centers in Chatham County, GA.We need your non-financial support to win this grant.Please vote online and by texting every day. This will save… Read More

Rehearsal, Rehearsal, Rehersal

Aurora medics perfecting the back-to-life cycleBy SARA CASTELLANOSThe Aurora SentinelPublished: Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:00 AM MDTAle Kerekes, RN and clinical educator, performs chest compressions on a dummy, Nathan Daly operates a bag valve mask and Gilbert Pineda, MD, and EMS medical… Read More

Drop that inferiority complex - the average bystander can match the average EMT

Advanced Rescuer- versus Citizen-Witnessed Cardiac Arrest: Is There a Difference in Outcome? [Note from Bob: for those with busy schedules, the short answer is 'No'] Posted online on September 13, 2010. (doi:10.3109/10903127.2010.514089)Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD, Arslan M. Hanif, MD, James T. Niemann, … Read More

Misconceptions about CPR

I'm all set: I took a CPR course three or four years ago. It's not your memory that will let you down - it's the fact that CPR has changed a lot in the past few years, and it's probably going to change on October 18th this year. Bystander CPR courses are available from the American Red Cross, from… Read More

Calling 911

Calling 911 is really pretty simple, once you think through what the 911 operator needs to know:The emergency operator needs to know: Where, specifically, you are; What you observe about the victim; What you are doing about the problem. Don't get dragged into a lengthly conversation with the 911… Read More

Here's an action-provoking thought:

THE POLITE VERSION:The statistics regarding sudden cardiac arrests and CPR are shocking: The odds that you will see one or more sudden cardiac arrests in your lifetime are about one-in-seven; When you see a cardiac arrest, the odds are about 85% that the victim will be a family member, a friend, or… Read More

Vote to Save Lives in Schools Across America

Help save lives in schools across America. That’s what the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation will do if it receives enough votes to win a Pepsi Refresh Project grant. The “Save Lives in Schools Across America” project will raise awareness in secondary schools and help save lives through: ·      … Read More

Zoll AED Plus with Real CPR Feedback

The Zoll AED Plus is the only AED on the market that can see what the rescuer is doing. Not pushing hard enough? The Zoll AED Plus will prompt you to "push harder". Stopped CPR? You will be prompted to "continue CPR".Visit www.trinitycpraed.com for more information and a demo on the Zoll AED Plus

Pocket CPR. Your CPR coach

The Pocket CPR is the only hand held device that can determine if you are performing CPR at the proper rate and depth of compression. I show the device in every CPR class I do, and I highly recommend every first responder carry one of these with them. Please visit www.trinitycpraed.com for details… Read More

Remembering the Moms

For many, Mothers' Day is a wonderful day to celebrate our mothers and fond memories, and to enjoy and cherish our children and grandchildren. For mothers who have lost children to sudden cardiac arrest, it can be a day of pain, sorrow and longing--not only because death came too soon, but because… Read More