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Welch Allyn Issues Voluntary Recall of Certain AEDs
Welch Allyn today announced a voluntary worldwide recall of 14,054 AED 10 and MRL JumpStart external defibrillators manufactured between October 3, 2002 and January 25, 2007. There is a remote chance that these devices may experience low energy shock, unexpected device shutdown, and/or susceptibility to electromagnetic noise interference. If such… Read More
Study Links Depression in Women to Sudden Cardiac Death
NEW YORK–Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston have found a strong correlation between depressive symptoms and cardiac events in women New data published in the March 9, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology suggest that relatively healthy women with severe… Read More
Law Enforcement Receives AEDs from Weston Reed Foundation
TUPELO, MS - The line between life and death is often separated by seconds, which is why the Tupelo Police and Lee County Sheriff's departments say having automated external defibrillators in patrol cars can help to save lives. The Weston Reed Foundation has donated 21 AEDs to the Tupelo Police Department and Lee County Sheriff's Department, and… Read More
Most Hotels Unprepared for SCA
Be Careful Where You Stay, Says SCA Foundation“If your heart stops suddenly, you may not want to be at a hotel,” reports Scott Mc Cartney in today’s Wall Street Journal. According to the WSJ report, about 20 percent of Hyatt Hotels have automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Choice Hotels International, Inc. says “very few” have AEDs. Other… Read More
EMS Expert Offers Fresh Insights on Saving More Lives
RESUSCITATE! How Your Community Can Improve Survival from Sudden Cardiac Arrest Sudden cardiac arrest can strike anyone at any time. But in many cities, people who suffer sudden cardiac arrest are up to 46 times more likely to die than those who experience cardiac arrest in Seattle and King County, Washington, or Rochester, Minnesota--an… Read More
SCA Foundation Launches You Can Save a Life at School(TM) Campaign
PITTSBURGH, PA – Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) threatens lives every day in classrooms and sports fields across the country. To help save more lives, the Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Foundation has launched an awareness campaign for schools that includes a mini-magazine, You Can Save a Life at School(TM), and a companion website, www.sca-aware.org/… Read More
Young Mother of Five, Saved by Her Husband
My name is Greta Standish. I am a mother of 5 and I am 39 years old and also 2 ½ years old. September 2, 2006 was the day my life changed forever. The first part of my story will be told from the recollection of others – the story may be incomplete because my husband, who is a major part in this story does not like to talk about this. It is simply… Read More
Juddson Rupp's Story
It started like any other day, but I decided to exercise first thing that Thursday morning. At 7 a.m., my heart stopped pumping blood while I was exercising at the YMCA, and I nearly died. Before my heart went into ventricular fibrillation, I was the picture of health. Although I had a pre-existing heart condition known as hypertrophic… Read More
Eric Vogen's Story
On Father's Day 2007, I fell down dead just feet from the finish line of the Latta Plantation Triathlon. I don't mean that I was exhausted. I mean my heart stopped beating. An EMT, one of eight who worked to revive me, recalls my last breath. I only remember a few seconds of dizziness and then darkness. Paramedics run to Vogen's rescue after he… Read More