Four brave women perform CPR and use AED, save runner’s life at 5K race

Four women heroically kept a runner alive after his pulse stopped durning a 5K race. According to the city of Centerville, ...
The Chronicle

Duke researchers deploy drones to speed AED delivery in cardiac emergencies

Each year, more than 350,000 people suffer cardiac arrest in the United States but less than 10% survive. Cardiologist ...
WTHR

30+ school districts report using an AED on students and adults whose heart stopped

INDIANAPOLIS — Drew Brantley says he’s always looking for the nearest automated external defibrillator, or AED. The IU Kokomo head baseball coach says one of the machines jump-started his heart back ...
Healio

Rates of AED use low, even when located near an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.
Odessa American

CATES: Bystander CPR and AED use

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...
salisburypost

Ester Marsh: The importance in knowing CPR and using the AED

Knowing CPR and be able to use an AED can be the difference of life and death. CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and AED stands for automatic external defibrillator. At our Rowan-Cabarrus ...
abc27

Harrisburg Senators employee helps saves a life using AED on City Island

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A new lifesaving tool is now available on City Island in Harrisburg and one resident used it to save a life. The Peyton Walker Foundation and UPMC Pinnacle Foundation helped ...
Healthline

A Quick Guide to Using a Defibrillator

AEDs, or public defibrillators, are designed to be used by anyone. Try to stay calm and follow the directions that the device gives you. Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A ...
Times of San Diego

Students receive CPR, AED training at Pacific Beach Middle School

PACIFIC BEACH – Pacific Beach Middle School is ready. The school was recently awarded $1,500 worth of equipment to augment the CPR component in its healthcare literacy class. “This grant provides PBMS ...
Business Wire

Survey Reveals Critical Gap: 90% of Americans Want You—the Bystander—to Use an AED to Help Save Their Life in a Cardiac Emergency, But Less Than Half Believe They Have Same ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In advance of National Heart Health Month, and on the heels of the milestone passing of the HEARTS Act, ZOLL® Medical’s Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help.™ ...
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Peyton Walker Foundation – Performing CPR & Using an AED Demonstration

The Peyton Walker Foundation’s mission is to increase awareness and survival rates of sudden cardiac arrest. Part of their efforts include offering CPR and AED training. This morning, Julie Walker and ...