Tag Archive | "automated external defibrillator"
New Mexico State Police Equipped with AEDs to Fight SCA
The New Mexico State Police Department was presented with a gracious $15,000 donation from Heart Hospital of New Mexico to help combat sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The donated funds will be used to purchase Cardiac Science® Powerheart® G3 AEDs. “Every minute delayed decreases the persons chance of survival by ten percent if they do not [...]
Continue reading...US Postal Service Honors ‘Heroes Among Us’
Thursday, March 14, 2013
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The US Postal Service (USPS) recently honored John Mallard, Jr., and Terrance Lyman during the Heroes Among Us ceremony for saving co-worker Russell Childress’s life. The event was held at the USPS processing and distribution facility in Trenton, New Jersey where many employees were in attendance to celebrate. This past September, Russell Childress had experienced [...]
Continue reading...American Osteopathic Association urges defibrillators for school sports
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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The American Osteopathic Association's House of Delegates has voted to encourage schools to get automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to protect student athletes from sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Family of Montana SCA victim donates AED to fire department
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Laurel, Montana, Volunteer Fire Department received a Powerheart G3 AED thanks to fundraising events hosted by the family of the late Leo Duran and participation by Cardiac Science.
Continue reading...Teachers use school AED to save the life of a 12-year-old student
Monday, October 10, 2011
Two coaches at a Maus Middle School in Frisco, Texas, used an AED to save the life of a 12-year-old girl who had collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...How can your fire department start a successful public access defibrillation (PAD) program?
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A free webinar Sept. 14 will show fire departments how to start public access defibrillation (PAD) programs.
Continue reading...In Latin America, “Proyecto Latir” urges AED preparedness
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
In Colombia, Cardiac Science distributor Incav Technologies has launched Proyecto Latir ("Project Heartbeat"), providing free CPR/AED training courses to help people respond to sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Grants Pass, Oregon, celebrates AED saves
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
In Grants Pass, Oregon, a public safety department investment in AEDs means lives saved.
Continue reading...Georgia Park saves 5 lives with AEDs
Thursday, March 24, 2011
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Public safety officials from Stone Mountain Park in Atlanta, Georgia, wrote to report that in the past five years they’ve save five lives using Powerheart automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Every police patrol vehicle and fire department vehicle in the part is equipped with an AED, and since 2006, public safety staff have responded to five [...]
Continue reading...Sad stories, avoidable deaths?
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Would these sudden cardiac arrest deaths be avoidable if communities offered cardiac screening and made AEDs readily available?
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
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