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AtlantiCare Heart Heroes Donate AEDs To Ventnor School
The Heart Heroes organization at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center (ARMC) gave two automated external defibrillators (AEDs) that will treat victims of sudden cardiac arrest to the Ventnor Educational Community Complex. The volunteer organization raises money to place AEDs in the community in conjunction with the Heart Institute at ARMC and the AtlantiCare Foundation. According to [...]
Continue reading...New Mexico State Police Equipped with AEDs to Fight SCA
Thursday, April 18, 2013
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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...Sheriff’s Department Receives Funds for AED Program
Thursday, February 7, 2013
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The Vermillion County Sheriff’s Department received a gracious $2,000 donation from their local Lions Club this past Wednesday. According to WTHITV 10 in Terre Haute, Indiana, which featured the story, the money will fund the Sheriff’s Department automated external defibrillator (AED) program that will help save lives. “I can’t say enough to thank the people, [...]
Continue reading...Metra Chooses Cardiac Science Powerheart AEDs
Thursday, January 17, 2013
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At the end of January 2013, Metra becomes the second transit agency in the country to deploy automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on all its commuter trains. At the time of this entry, Metra was in the final stages of their large scale installation of Powerheart® G3 Plus Fully Automatic AEDs in approximately 300 Metra rail [...]
Continue reading...Marking National CPR and AED Awareness Week
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Heart safety organizations across the U.S. in celebrating National CPR/AED Awareness Week, spreading the word about automated external defibrillators and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.
Continue reading...Tennessee city chooses Powerheart G3 AED for park safety
Monday, April 23, 2012
The city of Clarksville, Tennessee, received a Powerheart G3 AED from the Clarksville Firefighters Association to install at Heritage Park.
Continue reading...New Jersey AED bills clear legislative committees
Monday, February 13, 2012
Janet's Law, a bill to put automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in every school in New Jersey has cleared committees in both the State Senate and the State Assembly.
Continue reading...Indiana police officers revive sudden cardiac arrest victim
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Two days before Christmas, police officers in Seymour, Indiana, used a patrol car AED to rescue a victim of sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Investment in AEDs pays off: School saves a student’s life
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
An AED purchased last summer by the Richland, Washington, school district was used to save a 15-year-old student's life.
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Thursday, May 16, 2013
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