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Harris's Legacy: A Heart Filled with Love
WINNIPEG--If anyone had reason to hate it was Richard Harris, but instead he chose to love, and that will be his lasting legacy. Harris was once forced to sit in a car eating peanut butter sandwiches with his black teammates while white team members dined on steak inside a hotel. He faced prejudice for many years of his too-short life, but wouldn… Read More
Research Demonstrates Benefits of Therapeutic Hypothermia
Underused technology holds great promise Research continues to demonstrate the positive role of therapeutic hypothermia (TH) in treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) patients. In the July 12, 2011 issue of Circulation, Michael Mooney, et al. from Minneapolis Heart Institute and Northwestern University in Chicago published data on 140… Read More
CARES Report Points to Need to Increase Bystander Intervention in Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Each year, approximately 295,000 persons in the United States experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Approximately 92% of persons who experience an OHCA event die. An OHCA is defined as cessation of cardiac mechanical activity that occurs outside of the hospital setting and is confirmed by the absence of signs of circulation.… Read More
Vest Saves a Life
ST. AUGUSTINE, FL--John Whitsett strummed a guitar Monday. He works hard and he plays nicely in a band in St. Augustine, Florida In February he was diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia, a heart condition that can be fatal. In March Whitsett was prescribed a wearable defibrillator, appropriately called a Life Vest, which could jump-start his… Read More
Japanese Soccer Clubs Reminded to Have AEDs on Site
Japan Football League general secretary Keizo Kato said Thursday he will remind JFL clubs to implement stricter measures in order to avoid a reoccurrence of the untimely and tragic death at 34 of former Japan defender Naoki Matsuda following a heart attack. The third-tier JFL had told all clubs to have automated external defibrillators (AEDs),… Read More
SCA Foundation Elects New Board Members
The Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Board of Directors has elected two new members: Gary A. Runco, PE, PLS, and Robert H. Trenkamp, Jr. “We are delighted that Gary and Bob will be joining our team,” said Norman S. Abramson, MD, FACEP, FCCM, Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh Department of Emergency Medicine and Chairman of the SCA… Read More
Wriskwatch: A New Tool to Monitor At-Risk Patients
A watch-sized device worn on the wrist successfully detected loss of pulse in an early-stage trial, a key step in developing a practical, noninvasive way to monitor patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, researchers said. In most patients participating in the phase I trial, the investigational device correctly signaled artificially induced… Read More
Jenny's Legacy: A Heart Safe Community
The Jennifer Lynn Snyder Teen Heart Foundation is hosting its third annual fundraising event on Thursday evening, August 11 at Pinstripes in Northbrook. Proceeds will fund the creation of a Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program in Northbrook. A PAD program places publicly accessible automated external defibrillators (AEDs) throughout the… Read More
Japanese Soccer Star Suffers Sudden Death
LONDON — The final bulletin on a nearly 20-year playing career was as abrupt and sharp as it had to be. “He passed away at 1:06 p.m.” was the statement posted Thursday by the president of the last team that Naoki Matsuda represented. Matsuda was 34. He was among Japan’s most noted players, and he had not regained consciousness after collapsing… Read More