Fewer than 40% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients receive CPR before EMS teams arrive, according to the American Heart Association. Even fewer patients are treated with an automated external ...
A Mansfield teen is now living proof that access to and training on automated external defibrillators does save lives. On Monday, we introduced you to 13 year-old Jeffrey Cotton, whose life was saved ...
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Although adolescent sports-related deaths are rare, they are commonly caused by cardiovascular problems, like commotio cardis--cardiac arrest caused by being hit in the chest with an object, such as a ...
Before convincing a company's leaders to install automated external defibrillators in their offices and campuses, Marc Lawrence says he often has to start with a heart lesson. First, he has to explain ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Only nurses and coaches are currently required to be trained in Texas on automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. When Terri Lucas’ son Kevin collapsed in the hall at Pfllugerville ...
According to the American Heart Association, over 300,000 sudden cardiac arrests (SCA) occur annually in the United States, and, according to OSHA, about 10,000 occur at work. For many companies who ...
Aug. 21 started out like any other summer Friday for Roger Shearer, an employee at B. Braun Medical’s manufacturing facility on Marcon Boulevard in Hanover Township, Northampton County. But it ...
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