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.



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

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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