Saving American Hearts, Inc Blog

Rushcliffe: Sixteen sports venues now have public defibrillatorsSixteen sports venues across Rushcliffe have now been supported as part of a Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) project that is raising aw …

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'Poorly maintained defibs putting lives at risk'Lives are being put at risk by poorly maintained publicly accessible defibrillators, charities have warned.Some devices registered on a national network …

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Students at six Peace River School Division schools had the opportunity in February to get trained in bystander CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and use of an AED (automated external defibrillator) …

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CPR: The first response to cardiac arrestImagine you are at a wedding but the groom, who is about to say “I do” collapses at the altar. What would you do if you were among the audience? Scream? Create …

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New research reveals surprising outcomes in overdose-related cardiac arrestsPeople whose hearts suddenly stop due to a drug overdose are younger, have fewer health problems and are more likely to surv …

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N.H. paramedic, EMT save firefighter during fire ground heart attackA Newton paramedic and Kingston EMT performed CPR on the firefighter and regained a pulseA dog died, but all residents and other fam …

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