Defibrillator Information
Red Cross to offer CPR and AED classes Sept. 17 (The Marion Star) MARION - The Marion County Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a class in CPR and AED (automated external defibrillator) skills on Wednesday, Sept. 17, at the Alber Red Cross Center, 1849 Summerset Drive, with a 30-minute break for lunch.
Good Samaritan Health System Among First to Implant Advanced Defibrillator (Centre Daily Times) Good Samaritan Hospital (www.gshleb.org) was among the first in the nation to implant a TELIGEN(TM) implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). This advanced device is used to treat sudden cardiac death, which is the abrupt loss of heart function, usually due to an electrical rhythm dysfunction in the lower chambers of the heart that causes the heart to pump blood ineffectively.
Houston Opens Defibrillator-Usage Training to Community (FOX 26 Houston) We've heard this too many times before, a high school athlete collapsing and dying and no one could do anything to stop it.
Schools may get devices that can save lives (The Newton Kansan) THIS STORY RAN IN THE NEWTON KANSAN ON SEPT. 3, 2008. /> John Esau gave the board of education a goal to think about Monday night ? placing an automated external defibrillator in every school building in Newton.
FDA Approves Software Update That Identifies Potential Defibrillator Lead Fractures (Medical News Today) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced approval of a software update from Medtronic that will help detect fractures of the company's Sprint Fidelis cardiac defibrillator lead. The new software package will alert both patients and physicians of a potential lead fracture. This will enable early intervention and lower the risk of serious complications.
Metallica: Almost Like Old Times (Washington Post) The litmus test for Metallica's supposed return to form is simple and immediate: Does it make you speed-pick crunchy air guitar riffs? Or want to cruise the 4x4 down dirt roads with the critter-blastin' spotlight on and speakers cranked? Punch yourself in the skull for fun?
Good Samaritan Health System Among First To Implant Advanced Defibrillator (Medical News Today) Good Samaritan Hospital was among the first in the nation to implant a TELIGENTM implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). This advanced device is used to treat sudden cardiac death, which is the abrupt loss of heart function, usually due to an electrical rhythm dysfunction in the lower chambers of the heart that causes the heart to pump blood ineffectively.
Woman, 80, is rescued at YMCA swimming pool (Boston Globe) At one moment yesterday morning, an 80-year-old Russian woman was standing in the Olympic-sized pool at the Oak Square YMCA in Brighton, holding onto the deck and kicking her legs. Moments later, she was unconscious and not breathing, face down in 6 feet of water, a YMCA official said.
St John to launch three extra services (Otago Daily Times) Wakatipu St John is appealing for help in launching three initiatives for the community - health shuttles, Caring Callers and a dedicated defibrillator for downtown Queenstown.
'Jogging Joe' Shafran dies (The Capital) A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday at Hardesty Funeral Home, located at 12 Ridgely Ave. in Annapolis. A friendly and inquisitive man who could almost instantly become a friend, Mr. Shafran collapsed during his morning run Saturday near the West Annapolis Volunteer Fire Company.
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