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Four Saves in One Week
OTTAWA--A 61-year-old man who collapsed on the ice during a hockey game Friday night was the fourth man in a week revived with an automatic external defibrillator by a bystander. Dan Séguin, a sports journalist with CBC, was in net when his defenseman crumpled right in front of him. “He just basically collapsed to the ice,” Séguin said Saturday. “… Read More
Grandfather of Hockey Player Saved at Rink with AED
EMC News - A remarkable effort from emergency personnel and team officials saved the life of an Orleans man who suffered a heart attack while watching a Smiths Falls Bears Junior A game Nov. 11. Joe McGrath, the grandfather of Bears rookie defenceman Connor McGrath, collapsed during the latter stages of the first period after suffering a cardiac… Read More
Pittsburgh News Anchor Survives Cardiac Arrest
PITTSBURGH--KDKA-TV news anchor Susan Koeppen remains hospitalized after suffering cardiac arrest while running with friends. Koeppen, an award-winning journalist who returned to Pittsburgh airways on Sept. 19 to co-anchor KDKA's 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts, was stricken Sunday while running near the intersection of Centre and South Negley avenues in… Read More
Seeking Volunteers for Pens Charity ASSIST Raffle
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, a national nonprofit organization based in Pittsburgh, PA, works hard to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest, a leading cause of death in the United States. The Foundation has been accepted by the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation as one of several area nonprofit organizations that will be featured… Read More
Two Runners Die During Philadelphia Marathon
PHILADELPHIA -- Authorities say two who ran in the Philadelphia Marathon collapsed during the race and died of apparent "heart attacks." Philadelphia police Officer Jillian Russell, a spokeswoman, says a 21-year-old man collapsed at the finish line. She says a 40-year-old man collapsed about a quarter-mile before the finish line. Russell says… Read More
National Post-Arrest Research Consortium Will Study Post-Arrest Patients
Four internationally renowned academic medical centers have joined forces to look at what happens to cells after the heart restarts following cardiac arrest. Virginia Commonwealth University, Beth Israel-Deaconess/Harvard University, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pennsylvania have created the National Post-Arrest Research… Read More
Withdrawal of Care May Occur Too Soon in Cardiac Arrest Patients Who Receive Hypothermia Treatment
Patients often regain consciousness 3 days or more after arrest ORLANDO -- Physicians may be making premature predictions about which patients are not likely to survive following cardiac arrest – and even withdrawing care -- before the window in which comatose patients who have received therapeutic hypothermia are most likely to wake up, according… Read More
Man Saved at Hockey Rink Thanks to AED
SASKATOON--A man’s life was saved in Saskatoon thanks to an automated external defibrillator on-site at a local hockey rink. According to MD Ambulance, paramedics responded Sunday around 11:20 a.m. to the Agri-Twins Arena, where a 58-year-old man collapsed while playing hockey. The staff at the arena called 911 and then, with the help of a… Read More
Can Twitter Save Lives?
Penn researchers' probe of social media discussion on cardiac arrest reveals new avenues for public health education ORLANDO – Discussion about cardiac arrest on Twitter is common and represents a new opportunity to provide lifesaving information to the public, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of… Read More