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Sudden Cardiac Arrest Strikes Health Club Twice in Two Months. They say that lighting doesn’t strike twice in the same page, but a health club in Hayward, CA proved otherwise just a few weeks ago. Just six weeks after a man collapsed from SCA while exiting the sauna, another man suffers SCA at the same club.
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A new CPR technique has become a national topic in recent news after studies have shown a higher survival rate compared commonly-taught CPR techniques. Called compression-only CPR, this method eliminates the use of mouth-to-mouth ventilation during CPR, and instead focuses on the need for fast, deep compressions.
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Defibrillator company Physio-Control Inc. said it's reached a deal with the Food and Drug Administration regarding quality improvements on external defibrillators.
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Join Annuvia on Friday September 19th for the annual San Francisco AHA Heartwalk and support the fight against heart disease and stroke!
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