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Olivia’s story: A young life lost to sudden cardiac arrest
Corinne Ruiz shares with us the heartbreaking story of her daughter Olivia, who died at age 14 of sudden cardiac arrest caused by Long QT Syndrome.
Continue reading...In memory of Eric: Cardiac screening for teen athletes
31. August 2010
Teens at a San Diego area high school took advantage of free EKG testing at a cardiac screening event organized by the family of a teen athlete who died of sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...West Virginia University installs AEDs: Cardiac Science for the week of August 30
30. August 2010
West Virginia University Foundation installs AEDs in campus building; Parents should ask if high school sports programs have AEDs.
Continue reading...“Zip Across the Clyde” funds AEDs in Glasgow
26. August 2010
A British Heart Foundation event to raise funds for automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Glasgow sent participants flying across the Clyde River on a 1000-foot long zip line.
Continue reading...Seattle Seahawks raising money to put AEDs in schools
25. August 2010
The Seattle Seahawks are raising $400,000 to put 200 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public schools and at school athletic fields in Seattle as part of the Heart of Seattle Schools project.
Continue reading...Treadmill fitness test correlates with risk of death: Cardiac Science for the week of August 23
23. August 2010
A stress-test study in Circulation; biker's cardiac arrest death leads to AED donation in Catalina; 14-year-old saved in Hawaii; Denmark AED demographic study regarding out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Defibrillator saves 13-year-old; cardiac arrest not just for the old [VIDEO]
20. August 2010
The coach at a Kentucky high school used a portable defibrillator, donated two days earlier, to save the life of a student stricken by sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Powerheart AED distributor rescues Budapest cardiac arrest victim
19. August 2010
An employee of Hungarian AED distributor Innomed used a Powerheart G3 AED last week to rescue a sudden cardiac arrest victim in Budapest.
Continue reading...Maryland lifeguards use pool’s AED to save cardiac arrest victim
17. August 2010
Lifeguards at a community pool in Maryland used their Powerheart AED G3 to save the life of a woman who suffered sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Elevated heart rate over time linked to death risk: Cardiac Science for the week of August 16
16. August 2010
An elevated resting heart rate that persists over time has been linked to increased risk of death; Madison County SAVES Public Access Defibrillation program deploys 81 Powerheart AEDs.
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