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Critical care nurses endorse ECG monitoring to prevent critical-care heart problem
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) has endorsed recommendations including continuous ECG monitoring to prevent a medication-induced heart rhythm problem in hospital settings.
Continue reading...Indiana school AEDs: Staff use AED to save stricken principal
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
An Indiana AED was used by school staff to save Principal Susan Howard after she collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest.
Continue reading...Why you need to strengthen your community’s chain-of-survival
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
"Increasing bystander CPR rates, increasing the awareness and use of devices to shock the heart, and keeping paramedics on scene until they restore a person's pulse needs to occur if we are ever going to change our dismal survival rate." Read on.
Continue reading...Timing of defibrillation shocks for resuscitation of rapid ventricular tachycardia
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Why is shock timing (not time to shock) in an AED potentially important? Timing of a biphasic defibrillation shock is important in two ways. It is well known that faster shock times increase the likelihood of successful defibrillation. (More)
Continue reading...Stratford CT now requires AEDs in all public buildings: Cardiac Science for the week of March 23
Monday, March 23, 2009
This week's stories include Stratford, CT's program to get AEDs installed in all municipal buildings; Minocqua WI police to carry AEDs in their cruisers; Death at an airport; Two on-the-job AED saves; and Code Red training.
Continue reading...The latest on Long QT Syndrome
Friday, January 2, 2009
One of the lesser-known causes of sudden cardiac arrest is Long QT Syndrome, a rare congenital heart condition. People with Long QT Syndrome – estimates range from 1 in 3,000 to 1 in 10,000 of the healthy population – are vulnerable to arrhythmias (rapid, irregular heart rhythms) that can deteriorate into ventricular fibrillation and sudden [...]
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- Children’s Museum Receives AEDs for Rescue and Education
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- Celebrating 100 Years of Cardiac Science
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