How to Prevent Death by Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) For anyone that is familiar with Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) you know that it can happen to anyone at any time. However, there are people that have a higher risk than others and there are ways to prevent death resulting from SCA. Three factors to…
Project Brock – Brock’s Law If you have not already heard, Project Brock is a foundation started by Kim Ruether, mother of Brock Ruether, with a mission to bring AED and cardiac arrest awareness and education to schools. You can read Brock’s full heartbreaking story and how it sparked a movement towards Heart Safe Schools…
We are so excited about this news. Any improvements to cancer care certainly deserves its place on our blog. Philips is such a great company with their technology in so many different fields it is amazing to see them really focusing areas as important to this. Advancements and focus like this reassures us that we…
You know on medical shows when they are frantically performing a last ditch effort of rigorous CPR before someone pulls them off and says ‘they are gone’. Maybe they have been wrong? Maybe they were not ‘gone’. Christine Newman saved after hours of CPR BC snowshoer was found unconscious after falling into a tree well…
Dallas Stars’ Rich Peverley, who has had preexisting heart problems, faced his worst nightmare on Monday when he went into Cardiac arrest during a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. It was due to quick thinking and the use of a defibrillator that he will be able to live out his days with his wife…
Great news! Two lives were saved yesterday because of some quick thinking and the use of defibrillators – one was a Philips heartstart AED. This is just another example of why AED’s are so important in arenas and other sport centers. Luckily for Canada, Steven Harper has approved the integration of defibrillators into every arena…
Thanks to the Chattanooga fire department for putting together this video. And a special thanks to the (likely) rookies for dancing their boots off! Post by Chattanooga Times Free Press.
CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/flight-crew-use-defibrillator-to-save-edmonton-man-at-airport-1.2462445 “Two airline crew members used a public defibrillator to save a passenger whose heart stopped at Edmonton International Airport on Wednesday. The man collapsed around 3:45 p.m. after walking off a plane that had just arrived from Arizona. WestJet flight attendant Guy Fournier heard an alarm in the U.S. arrivals area and noticed…
Global News – “Alberta mother raises defibrillator awareness in son’s memory” Kim Ruether is making her rounds in Alberta schools and educating students on the purpose and use of defibrillators. She stresses that if you have an AED on site, you can act and help to save a life. Many people are uneducated on AED’s…