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Targeted News Service PHILADELPHIA — Black cardiac arrest victims who are stricken outside hospitals are less likely to receive bystander CPR and defibrillation on the ...
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The Firehouse Sub Public Safety Foundation and its franchisees recently handed out donated equipment to four fire departments in N.C. and S.C. The value of the equipment comes to ...
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PR NewswireWASHINGTON — More than 1,000 cardiac arrest deaths over 15 years are connected to the failure of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); battery failure ...
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Setting up a successful public access defibrillator (PAD) program should be on the forefront of every fire and EMS agency’s agenda. The American Heart Association notes that ...
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By Dan White AEDs have come a long way. I chronicled the history of the AED and its impact on the fire service here, but the real story lies in the de-evolution of the design, from ...
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San Jose Mercury NewsSAN JOSE, Calif. — In November 2002 an automated external defibrillator helped save Jack Grogan's life when he suffered sudden cardiac arrest on a flight ...
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CBS 12WELLINGTON, Fla. — Matt Murray was playing racquetball when he collapsed at the LA Fitness in Wellington. He was having a heart attack. Captain Kim Grant-Hude from Palm ...
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By Janis Mara The San Jose Mercury NewsBURLINGAME, Calif. — Jerry Kilroy was playing racquetball at Burlingame's Prime Time Athletic Club, something the retired firefighter ...
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By Chantal M Lovell Redlands Daily Facts REDLANDS, Calif. — Seven new LIFEPAK 15 cardiac monitor/defibrillators will hit the streets Friday, giving firefighters and ...
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By Ed Stannard The New Haven RegisterWEST HAVEN, Conn. — The West Haven Fire Department has been awarded $236,925 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for new safety ...
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By Thomas J. Prohaska The Buffalo NewsLOCKPORT, N.Y. — A veteran volunteer firefighter and the man whose life he saved after a massive heart attack met again this week at the ...
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The Sun JournalLISBON FALLS, Maine — Lisbon High School freshman, Ryan Robitaille, recently embarked on a project of installing Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) in ...
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The Eureka Times-StandardEUREKA, Calif. — The efforts of two citizens helped crew members with the Eureka Fire Department save a life on Friday.A single engine responded to ...
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Firefighters credit modern technology and induced hypothermia with reviving the man from a heart attack ...
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By Rachel Raskin-Zrihen The Vallejo Times HeraldAMERICAN CANYON, Calif. — Starting in February, the chances of surviving a medical emergency in this city may improve because ...
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By Sophia Kazmi The Contra Costa TimesSAN RAMON VALLEY, Calif. — Fire department officials are asking for the public's help to locate all automated external defibrillators ...
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By Rob Stein The Washington Post via The Virginian-PilotWASHINGTON — Defibrillators, those devices that are supposed to shock heart failure patients back to life, are ...
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By Stefanie Scott Milwaukee Journal SentinelMILWAUKEE — When a call for emergency medical service comes into the city, it's typically a police officer — and not a ...
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By Ellie Oleson The Telegram & GazetteAUBURN, Mass. — Fire Chief William A. Whynot told selectmen Sept. 13 that the lives of 40 victims of acute heart-related problems ...
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North Country NowNORWOOD, N.Y. — Having purchased all the required equipment within the Norwood Fire Department's $146,097 Assistance to Firefighters Grants written by former ...
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