Tag Archive | "Defibrillator"
In Latin America, “Proyecto Latir” urges AED preparedness
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...AED rescue at Camp Atterbury
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Military Police Officer Spc. Stephen Strebinger used Camp Atterbury's automated external defibrillator to save the life of a civilian contractor who collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Sudden cardiac arrest: New research and awareness in Australia
Thursday, November 18, 2010
A new research study in Australia will test the effectiveness of intravenous cold saline treatment, administered by paramedics, to reduce brain injury in victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...King’s College Cambridge commits to helping save lives
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Working with the Community HeartBeat Trust, Cambridge University has been leading the way in making these important life saving pieces of equipment available to students and the public alike.
Continue reading...Shopping centre AED used to save woman’s life
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Shopping centre security guards in Middleton, England, used a Powerheart AED G3 to save the life of a woman who had collapsed with sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Defibrillator sales rep uses her AED to save her husband’s life
Thursday, July 22, 2010
A Powerheart AED sales rep in Australia used her demonstration heart defibrillator to save her husband's life after he suffered sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Copenhagen doubles cardiac arrest survival rate!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Cardiac arrest survival rates have risen from 7.5 percent to 15 percent in Copenhagen over the past four years. In 2009, 130 people survived cardiac arrest in the area.
Continue reading...New research on sick sinus syndrome, a cause of sudden cardiac death: Cardiac Science for the week of July 12
Monday, July 12, 2010
A cardiology study in a recent issue of Circulation Research sheds light on a genetic factor underlying sick sinus syndrome, a cause of sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Allscripts to acquire Eclipsys: Cardiac Science for the week of July 5
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
EHR firm Allscripts acquires Eclipsys; Baltimore officials urge purchase of more AEDs; New York firefighter who had doubted the value of defibrillators is revived by colleagues using the firehouse AED.
Continue reading...Abbots Langley school receives life-saving equipment
Friday, July 2, 2010
A Powerheart defibrillator has been presented to an Abbots Langley primary school in the UK in memory of Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) victim Wayne Pope.
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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