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Stan Wisniewski Celebrates 55 Years Since His Sudden Death
LOS ANGELES–Stan Wisniewski, 79, and his wife, Jaci, 74, are seated comfortably in their white living room near a framed embroidery work depicting a flowing dragon. A grandfather clock chimes softly noting the quarters of the hour. The San Dimas couple look and feel great. They have enjoyed their 50-plus years together, perhaps a bit more than… Read More
Oregon Legislature Now Requires AEDs in Larger Businesses
Beginning January 1, new AED legislation in Oregon will require businesses to provide automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Oregon Senate Bill 556 mandates the purchase of the defibrillators by “any place of public assembly with a facility of 50,000 square feet or more and with at least 25 individuals present on a normal business day." Many… Read More
Elmo Bowling: His Death May Help Save Lives
An anonymous $5,000 donation completed a project by the Nelson County Virginia Sheriff’s Office to place one automatic external defibrillator (AED) in each of the 10 patrol vehicles in the county last week. The donation was made in honor of Elmo Bowling, of Amherst, who died of a heart attack in 2007. “They felt like at the time, if there was an… Read More
Sheboygan WI Police Officers Use Defibrillator to Revive Man, 72
Sheboygan, Wisconsin–A 72-year-old man visiting Sheboygan collapsed in a motel lobby Tuesday night but was brought back to life by an automated external defibrillator (AED), according to the Sheboygan Police Department. Employees at AmericInn, called 911 about 6:45 p.m., and two Sheboygan police officers arrived to find the Coleman resident was… Read More
Study Demonstrates Benefits of ICD Therapy for Heart Failure Patients
Three-year mortality reduced in Medicare beneficiaries with HF following ICD implantation Patients with heart failure (HF) and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) <35% who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) during hospitalization had better survival at three years than those who received no device. Researchers… Read More
Rural AED Funding to Increase in 2010
Congress yesterday passed the final fiscal year 2010 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations bill, which will increase funding for the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Rural and Community Access to Emergency Devices Program. The bill calls for appropriations of $2.526 million, the highest funding level the program… Read More
Wearable Defibrillator Saves Another Life
SAN DIEGO -- A man who came to San Diego for heart surgery credits a special device for helping save his life. Sudden cardiac arrest kills about 50 people an hour in the U.S., according to medical research, and Kirk Miller of Riverside County was almost a victim. “I was sitting at the kitchen table with my wife having coffee, just visiting,”… Read More
Multi-National Attitudinal Survey on CPR Reveals CPR Performance Needs Improvement
Survey Results Show Gaps in Perception Versus Reality of CPR Performance by Healthcare Professionals Results of the first-ever, multi-national attitudinal survey concerning the performance of CPR by healthcare professionals were recently presented concurrently with the American Heart Association's annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. This… Read More
Bozrah, CT, Joins 41 Other Municipalities Across the State as a HEARTSafe Community.
It received the designation last week from the state Department of Health. PUTNAM, CT–"It’s no small achievement, and it’s a good accomplishment,” First Selectman Bill Ballinger said. Since August, paramedics there have trained more than 60 people in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and proper use of automated external defibrillators. Residents… Read More