Archive for the ‘AED”s Automatic External Defibrillators’ Category
CPR Training for CPR Awareness Week- Count Me In!
Monday, June 1st, 2009CPR Training- Count Me In!
During a Cardiac Arrest , every second counts. With you help we can train 1 MILLION people in CPR to support CPR and AED Awareness week June 1-7 2009.
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Celebrate National CPR and AED Awareness Week – June 1-7 2009
Monday, June 1st, 2009Celebrate National CPR and AED Awareness Week – Make Your Training Count!
June 1-7 is National CPR and AED Awareness Week, and to celebrate, the American Heart Association has set a goal to train 1 million people in June. We’re tracking our progress real-time through our interactive heat map at www.cprweek.org. Visit the site today to to help you spread the word about the importance of CPR training! Need to get CPR trained? Find a class through the
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Baseball complex in Virginia receives defibrillator
Friday, May 29th, 2009Lord Fairfaix EMS Council donates AED after heart-stopping collision of players
from The Northern Virginia Daily
“STRASBURG — In recognition of this past March’s heart-stopping — literally — collision between two Strasburg High School baseball players, the baseball complex is being given an automated electronic defibrillator.”
enior Will Orndorff’s chest met sophomore Shelden Stickley’s head as both went for a fly ball in the outfield during practice March 31 at Sandy Hook Elementary School’s fields.
“While Stickley suffered a concussion, Orndorff had to be airlifted to Winchester Medical Center. He had suffered a rare condition known as commotio cordis, in which the heart’s rhythm becomes irregular. According to the medical information Web site emedicine.medscape.com, commotio cordis can cause sudden death when something, often a baseball, strikes the chest.”
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Military uses Cardiac Science AED’s
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Soldier with Cardiac Science AED on his back
Military uses Cardiac Science AED’s
AEDs for Military
Cardiac Science AEDs currently protect the men and women in the:
* Army National Guard
* Air National Guard
* U.S. Navy
* U.S. Coast Guard
* Anniston Army Depot
* 81st RRC
* U.S. Marine Corps
* U.S. Border Patrol
* U.S. Air Force
* Department of Homeland Security
* USACE



