44 Cardiac Science Powerheart® G3 Plus AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) were installed in the rapid transit system, Subte, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. These 44 AEDs are part of the first phase of deployment with the total of 87 stations to be equipped. Most stations requiring two AEDs per station. >
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Heroes team up to save college student life with Powerheart® AED
Teamwork pays off is an axiom normally equated to sports. Recently, it applied to a student’s life. When Wichita State University student Tyler Hull collapsed in the school’s Ablah Library on Dec. 15, students, police, and first responders collaborated to save his life with a Powerheart® G3 Plus automated external defibrillator (AED). The university honored […]
Powerheart to the Rescue: Fast-Acting Coaches, Principal Save 13-Year-Old Student’s Life
On August 23, 13-year-old Amanda Marquez went into sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) during volleyball tryouts at Creek Valley Middle School in Carrollton, Texas. Fortunately, the school’s coaches were prepared. While the vice-principal called 911, Principal Nicole Jund brought the school’s automated external defibrillator (AED) into the gym. Coaches administered CPR, and Jund opened the AED […]
AEDs for Schools are Gregory Moyer’s Legacy
Gregory Moyer’s parents waited 15 years to mark his grave with a headstone. During that time, John and Rachel Moyer of Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania, worked with schools and legislatures from Maine to Hawaii to communicate the importance of making automated external defibrillators (AEDs) available in schools. They established the Gregory W. Moyer Defibrillator Fund (www.gregaed.org) in memory of […]