Defibrillator saves basketball player at ESU | PoconoRecord.com

Another young athlete's life saved by an Automated External Defibrillator (AED)...
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Rice University | News & Media

Another person saved by an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) at a college campus....
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Va. Beach man critical after collapse at 10K race | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

Yes, Cardiac Arrest can happen anywhere, do you know the Chain of Survival?
EARLY ACCESS
EARLY CPR
EARLY DEFIBRILLATION (AED)
EARLY ADVANCED CAREPresently, SCA claims over 250,000 lives yearly in the U.S., but a strong Chain of Survival could dramatically reduce this number. When each link in the Chain is effective, an estimated 40,000 lives could be saved.
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AED Used to Save Life at Athletic Club | My Fox Memphis | Fox 13 News

Does your athletic club value your life? If so, make sure it has an AED (automated external defibrillator) readily available! Athletic Clubs are one of the most likely places that Cardiac Arrest can occur and time is of the essence. This athletic club saved a life on Thursday with their own AED.
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Defibrillator at college helps save woman suffering cardiac arrest - Owen Sound Sun Times - Ontario, CA

Student suffers cardiac arrest on college campus while going to class. AED comes to the rescue and saves her life. Every college campus should be equipped with these life saving devices!
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Defibrillator at college helps save woman suffering cardiac arrest - Owen Sound Sun Times - Ontario, CA

Defibrillators Have Parts With Expiration Dates | WUSA9.com | Washington, DC |

Man goes into cardiac arrest at a Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative in freak accident, quick response by fellow workers and a working AED saved his life.  Experts warn that a  Defibrillator won't save lives if the parts are expired...
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Quick response saves a life | Cherry Hill Sun

CPR and and AED saves the life of a man in a courtroom in Cherry Hills, NJ
“He was basically dead on the courtroom floor,” she said. “He didn’t regain consciousness until we got to the hospital and the police officers stayed with us at the hospital until he did. They were great.”

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Owens Corning worker saves life of fellow employee | NewarkAdvocate.com | The Newark Advocate

Hats off to the quick response of a co-worker administering CPR, grabbing the company AED and saving a life...

Brown's quick reaction and knowledge of CPR and of use of an automatic external defibrillator were instrumental in saving the life of Dr. Robert Quinn after he went into cardiac arrest while at his office at the Owens Corning Science and Technology Center.
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Deputies revive officer who collapsed in courthouse

AED saves the life of a police officer in a courthouse...cardiac arrest can happen anywhere to anyone.
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At Winchester High, winning more than one for Milan - The Boston Globe

Does your child's sports team have an Automated External Defibrillator(AED)accessible? These are important questions every parent should be asking. In this story another 15 year old child, playing soccer suffers cardiac arrest. By the time an AED arrived the boy had already suffered brain damage. People need to be aware you have less than 5 minutes to use a defibrillator, they need to be readily available. After all what is a life worth?

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At Winchester High, winning more than one for Milan - The Boston Globe

Teen goes into cardiac arrest after seizure at WW-P North - NJ.com

Another young teen suffers Cardiac Arrest in a high school gym. Gym teacher provides CPR until EMS arrived and used a defibrillator to restart his heart. The Chain of survival works!
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Teen goes into cardiac arrest after seizure at WW-P North - NJ.com

Editorial: Thankful for the shock of a lifetime - Local News - Hawke's Bay Today

Did you know that a golf course is one of the top 5 places that people suffer cardiac arrest?
Does your Golf Course have an AED? This golf course was cared enough about it's members to deploy an Automated External Defibrillator and saved a life in the process!!
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Editorial: Thankful for the shock of a lifetime - Local News - Hawke's Bay Today

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) | Vanderbilt University Police Department | Nashville, TN

"Vanderbilt University is an extremely Heartsafe place to get a degree". This shows how this University feels about it's students. Check out how many AEDs they have on campus! I am extremely impressed! Go Commodores!

Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) | Vanderbilt University Police Department | Nashville, TN

Football | La Liga | Garcia stable after cardiac arrest | ESPNSTAR.com

Salamanca, Spain,31 yr. old professional Soccer player Miguel Garcia collapses during division game in Cardiac Arrest...

Garcia was walking near the halfway line when he suddenly collapsed face-down onto the pitch and medical staff from both teams raced onto the pitch to aid the stricken player.

Several of Garcia`s team-mates watched on in tears as the medical staff, using a defibrillator, managed to revive the 31-year-old midfielder before he was taken to Salamanca's University Hospital

Football | La Liga | Garcia stable after cardiac arrest | ESPNSTAR.com

Shop shock the difference between life and death (From Western Telegraph)

Shop shock the difference between life and death (From Western Telegraph)

http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/iron-range/Two-Hibbing-Officers-Save-Life-105431548.html

"Shouldn't all police cars carry AEDs? Many times they are the 1st responders". Congrats to these two Hibbing Officers and their Police Dept. for deploying AEDs in the squad cars...

Physicians say two Hibbing cops are the reason one patient is alive, after they did just that on an emergency call last week.
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/iron-range/Two-Hibbing-Officers-Save-Life-105431548.html

U.S. based Cardiac Science Sold to Indian Company

Cardiac Science maker of AEDs Goes "East"...sold to a firm in India!

Indian firm buys Bothell-based Cardiac Science for $54M

Runners take to the streets in Detroit marathon | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Automated External Defibrillator restarts the heart of a 51 yr. old woman running in the Detroit Marathon.

A 51-year-old woman from Rochester who was running her first marathon during the race collapsed with a heart problem at 7:50 a.m. The runner was near the race's second-mile marker, located by the toll plaza at the Ambassador Bridge, when she collapsed, said Rich Harshbarger, a spokesman for the marathon's organizer.

Bystanders came to the woman's aid and performed CPR until paramedics arrived, he said. "The ambulance was there in about four minutes," he said.

Harshbarger said the medical technicians performed CPR. They also used an automated external defibrillator to restart her heart, he said.



From The Detroit News: http://www.detnews.com/article/20101017/SPORTS07/10170314/Runners-take-to-the-streets-in-Detroit-marathon#ixzz12iyBtfXc

Runners take to the streets in Detroit marathon | detnews.com | The Detroit News

Man nearly dies last week at Royal LePage Place

Man collapses at Hockey Rink and saved by the use of an AED!

Man nearly dies last week at Royal LePage Place

Easy-to-use AED saves hoops player's life after collapse :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Mind and Body

AED saves the life of a college basketball player...

Chicago native Elizabeth Pearlman was taking part in a conditioning drill with her college basketball team last October when she collapsed.

If an automated external defibrillator -- an AED is a portable device that can detect cardiac arrhythmias and shock the heart back into rhythm -- hadn't been available, she likely would have died. Pearlman hopes that by sharing her story she might raise awareness -- and ultimately help save others.

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9NEWS.com | Denver | Colorado's Online News Leader | High school teen helps save classmate who collapsed

According to sources the school had an AED but Littleton Fire Dept was on scene in minutes and began Advanced Life Support and was able to bring the boy back after a few shocks. The chain of survival worked like a charm.

LITTLETON- It was a test unlike most high school students will ever take, and 15-year-old Katelyn Crowley executed it perfectly. One of her classmates at Littleton High School collapsed and stopped breathing on Wednesday. "We were building a fort for art class. We decided it would be fun, so we started to run up a hill," says Crowley. She was with her three school friends - Taylor, Connor, and Johnny Ostrand.

As they started to run, Johnny fell over.

"He fell over. We thought he was joking," Crowley said. "Taylor flipped him over and he was blue. His lips were blue. You could tell he wasn't breathing."

Johnny's heart had stopped


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9NEWS.com | Denver | Colorado's Online News Leader | High school teen helps save classmate who collapsed

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876277&catid=391

12 year old boy drops in Cardiac Arrest during his soccer game, Dad grabs the school defibrillator and brings him back to life! This gets me thinking, do soccer fields that are not on school properties have AEDs? The answer most likely is no! I know our soccer fields don't have them. All soccer coaches should carry portable AEDs, end of story. This story is another amazing one! Congratulations to this young boy and his father!

http://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=876277&catid=391

Athletic Director Saved By AED and Friends - KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho |

47 year old Athletic Director in Spokane, Washington life saved by an AED that he was involved in purchasing just a year before!

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Athletic Director in Wilbur literally drops dead Saturday, right before a volleyball game between Odessa-Harrington and Wilbur-Creston. Steve Jantz is only 47-years-old and never thought he would be so close to death at this age, but is now thanking his friends and one simple machine for saving his life.

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Athletic Director Saved By AED and Friends - KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho |

AED saves the life of 47 year old Athletic Director at during Volleyball game in Spokane, Washington. Steve Jantz is alive and most likely the happiest man on earth. He was responsible for the purchase of the AED just a year before! We congratulate you Steve on a great decision!

SPOKANE, Wash. - The Athletic Director in Wilbur literally drops dead Saturday, right before a volleyball game between Odessa-Harrington and Wilbur-Creston. Steve Jantz is only 47-years-old and never thought he would be so close to death at this age, but is now thanking his friends and one simple machine for saving his life.
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Mass. Officer Uses AED on Stricken Man: Top News Stories at Officer.com

Police Officer used an AED to save the life of a man at an building in Andover, Mass.

ANDOVER, Mass. -- A police officer working a road detail used an automatic external defibrillator to save the life of a worker at a River Street firm, police said.
Mass. Officer Uses AED on Stricken Man: Top News Stories at Officer.com

Family using tragedy to make a difference | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona

TUCSON - A family who lost their loved one 5 years ago, took the tragedy and heartache and turned it into a cause to help others.

At 42, Steven Gootter was a healthy, athletic man, but on a walk with his dog he collapsed.

"He was so full of life that it just caught us all so, we weren't prepared obviously," said Steven's sister Shari Gootter.

Steven died due to Sudden Cardiac Death which kills a thousand people a day; more than AIDs or cancers combined.

Family using tragedy to make a difference | KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona

Swansea, MA "A Heartsafe Community"

Hats off to this community for implementing 31 AEDs throughout the town. This town has its' peoples hearts in the right place! Great job Swansea, you must have some great people in your Risk Management Department!

The town has a proven “chain of survival” according to established guidelines of the American Heart Association. The four lifesaving links in the chain are early access, early CPR, early defibrillation, and early advanced care.

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Swansea named a HeartSafe Community - Fall River, MA - The Herald News

Utah Teen Saves Life with an AED

Even though school has been in session less than a month, Melissa Squire and Brooke Ballantyne have passed off CPR in their first aid class. When their teacher asked them to come help him last week, they had no idea what would happen next.

"We didn't know it was that big of an emergency," Brooke said.

When the girls got there, a seventh-grade student wasn't breathing and the PE teacher had started CPR.

"We hooked her up to the bulb valve mask, and we forced oxygen into her, and we started doing compressions on her," Melissa said.

Their first aid teacher then told them to get the school's defibrillator. From their class, they knew exactly where it was kept.

"This defibrillator told us a shock was needed," Brooke said.

Melissa and Brooke used the machine to administer that shock, and the girl suddenly started breathing again. When paramedics arrived, they took her to the hospital.
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Mount Airy News - Custodian suffers cardiac arrest at school

Another AED saves a school employee!

At 9:29 a.m., emergency crews were paged to the school to respond to a cardiac arrest call. Before paramedics arrived on the scene, the school’s emergency response team started CPR on a custodian who had suffered an apparent heart attack, and was eventually forced to use the school’s automatic external defibrillator.
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Mount Airy News - Custodian suffers cardiac arrest at school

Football Injuries - Risks of Blunt Chest Trauma to Players - Importance of Defibrillators and Training

Jacksonville, FL Attorney David A. Wolf talks about the importance of AEDs for football players. David says, "Because of the high risk of brain damage, defibrillators should be on hand at practices and games. Also, coaches and other responsible adults should be trained on how to properly use defibrillators instead of waiting on an ambulance to arrive - time is of the essence".

Football Injuries - Risks of Blunt Chest Trauma to Players - Importance of Defibrillators and Training

Bedford Highschool Football Player Saved with AED

Bedford's Chris Campbell survived a dangerous experience. His heart stop during practice in July and a former player, Jeremy Lestock, now a sheriff, helped save him.

Read more: Quick action, former player helped save Bedford junior | freep.com | Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/20100917/HSS/9170360/Quick-action-former-player-helped-save-Bedford-junior#ixzz105nTPLGW