Tag Archive | "sports AEDs"
High School Athletic Trainer Uses AED To Save Referee’s Life
When Larry Moreau suddenly collapsed while refereeing a girl’s junior varsity basketball game Nov. 29 at Westbrook High School in Maine, athletic trainer Anita Dixon made a live-saving move: She grabbed a Powerheart® G3 AED. According to WCSH-TV in Portland, Maine, which first reported the incident, Moreau suddenly collapsed during the game. Dixon quickly checked [...]
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...World Heart Day: Saving lives through education and action
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
World Heart Day is an ideal time to find out more about what you, your school, your workplace, and your community can do to build AED awareness and prevent needless deaths from sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Sports program AED saves a 13-year-old’s life
Thursday, September 22, 2011
In Azle, Texas, bystanders used a junior high school's AED to restart a 13-year-old football player's heart.
Continue reading...Adam’s Angels race raises funds for AEDs
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Adam's Angels 5K run honors the memory of sudden cardiac arrest victim Adam Seymour and raises money for community AEDs.
Continue reading...Sudden cardiac arrest on the basketball court: Another sports tragedy [VIDEO]
Monday, March 7, 2011
A 16-year-old basketball player in Michigan died of sudden cardiac arrest after shooting the winning basket for his high school team.
Continue reading...Another high school football death; Texas mom calls for cardiac screenings
Monday, September 20, 2010
Another Texas high school football death has a mom calling for cardiac screenings.
Continue reading...West Virginia University installs AEDs: Cardiac Science for the week of August 30
Monday, August 30, 2010
West Virginia University Foundation installs AEDs in campus building; Parents should ask if high school sports programs have AEDs.
Continue reading...Treadmill fitness test correlates with risk of death: Cardiac Science for the week of August 23
Monday, August 23, 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...Commotio cordis causes teen’s fatal cardiac arrest; No AED present
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Teenage ballplayer Andrew Cohn died of commotio cordis, a fatal heart rhythm, after a collision with another player.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
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