Martin Soták is lucky to be in prison.

30-year-old Soták, an accounting clerk in the Slovakian prison system, was working on May 20, 2009 when he had a cardiac arrest in his Košice office. Luckily for him, Pharmacare Slovakia, s.r.o., a Cardiac Science distributor in the Slovak Republic, deployed automated external defibrillators in all prisons in the Slovak Republic six months earlier.

Martin Soták, alive today, holds his Powerheart AED defibrillator

The prison doctor, MUDr. Adrian Gabor, recognized the condition and grabbed the Cardiac Science Powerheart AED G3 (suitable for layperson use), attached the defibrillation pads, and administered multiple shocks and CPR.

“Doctor Gabor saved my life – no question about it,“ Soták, now an AED enthusiast, explained. “The ambulance didn’t get there for 14 minutes. I would have had virtually no chance for cardiac resuscitation.“

“I heard that the emergency medical technicians in the ambulance were surprised we had such a sophisticated defibrillator,“ he continued.

Soták was taken to the local cardiac centre where the emergency team reviewed the AED rescue data (click here to download the AED rescue data). It details everything from the moment the lid was opened, to the placement of the defibrillation pads, to the heart rhythm analysis, the multiple shocks, variable escalating energy, and the CPR Gabor administered.

Martin "died" (click to view AED rescue data)

“The AED rescue download was immediate and invaluable,“ says Gabor. “I downloaded and emailed the AED rescue data and sent it to the cardiac centre.“

After fully examining both the AED rescue data and patient, the cardiac centre in Košice operated and gave Soták an implantable defibrillator–cardioverter (ICD).

“I hope every building can have an automated external defibrillator like the kind that saved my life,“ wished Soták. “I’m deeply grateful to Pharmacare Slovakia, the Slovak Republic, Doctor Gabor, and Cardiac Science for this most excellent defibrillator.”

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MUDr. Adrian Gabor and his most grateful patient Martin Soták

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