American Heart Association

According to reports, about 150 million Americans spend more than half of their waking hours at work. So don’t you think it’s wise to keep an AEDs where you spend the majority of your day. A sudden cardiac arrest can occur anytime without any pronounced symptoms. It occurs due to a condition called as ventricular defibrillation which causes the heart to beat in an erratic manner and this makes the heart pump blood ineffectively and to suddenly stop. The person loses consciousness and experiences breathing problems and unless treated within the first four minutes of this condition occurring, it is very tough to save ... Read Full Story

You make time to take your kids to the doctor for their checkups. You make sure they learn to swim. You take them to soccer, ballet, art and music classes. You care that they grow up to be well-rounded and well-adjusted. But what about protecting your kids in the case of an emergency? There’s one thing you may not have thought to put on your to-do list: getting summer-ready by getting CPR trained. If you and your family plan to spend more time around the pool , lake or beach like my family does, make sure you get CPR trained. Summer offers up a ... Read Full Story

Typical machine set up (click to enlarge) When the time comes when you need to save someones life comes panic strikes. Even the most experienced first aider can get flustered. That's why i think an American AED (Automated External Defibrillator) becomes really useful. Not only does an automated voice tell you what to do in simple prompts, you also have a 'shock' button for that crucial moment. They are ideal for home, work, travelling or any public places. Read Full Story

Not one or two but 325,000 people die each year in the United States due to Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). However, when CPR - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is provided immediately after the attack it can double a sufferers chance of survival. But administering CPR, unlike a pharma drug , is easier said than done, here's why? When in a study, thirty-eight doctors and nurses of both genders were evaluated for their ability to perform manual CPR, a considerable loss in their ability to provide sufficient compressions over a time period was found. And that men – supposedly endowed with more muscle power – fared no ... Read Full Story

U.S. Congress has decided that October as National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month (Reuter, Pittsburgh October 1, 2008). This determination is made not without reason, because cardiac arrest is the number one cause of death in American society. Cardiac arrest mortality rate higher than the combined numbers of breast cancer, lung cancer, and HIV / AIDS death (The American Heart Association - 2008). Wise man said, ‘The disease came suddenly and the recovery took a long time’. But, in fact, precisely the opposite happened. Almost all the illnesses occurred slowly, and therefore it is possible to be prevented. The progress of medical science supported ... Read Full Story