In the legal beat section, Illinois is the latest to require AED units at schools, though there is some opposition due to the expense of the devices. From the aforementioned article: “The bill was developed after the 2009 death of…
A new law taking effect this summer requires AED units to be located at public pools. The law was passed after the death of 5-year-old Connor Freed, who drowned at the Crofton Country Club pool in 2006. Maryland is the…
Today we got the following comment from one of our training classes in Houston and I thought I’d share it with the world to get more input: “A follow up practice session with an instructor about 2 weeks later would…
Interesting article that I came across, comparing EMS response times and standards across the country. Also, the chat and comment section brings up some interesting conversation surrounding whether EMS response times are really the measure we should be after. That…
According to a new study, reported here, 7 out of 5000 school-aged athletes found serious heart abnormalities due to school-sponsored screening efforts. Screening programs have increased in recent years, in an attempt to “find” possible sudden cardiac arrest patients. There…
Nicholas Skipitaris, MD, director of electrophysiology at Lenox Hill Hospital is first in Manhattan to implant a new insertable cardiac monitor, the smallest cardiac monitoring device currently available. Dr. Skipitaris implanted the innovative cardiac monitor in a 34-year old Manhattan woman.…
Why is it that AED recall stories travel faster, farther, and wider than AED saves, deployments and success stories?
According to the AHA, PAD programs should be considered when “An EMS call–to-shock time interval of <5 minutes cannot be reliably achieved with conventional EMS services.” Are you aware of any EMS systems that can produce a “call-to-shock” time of…
Cher Will of Christiansted, St Croix, US Virgin Islands, has donated another AED to a deserving facility in St Croix. Cher Will is the project director of the AED Fund at St Croix Foundation. Cher started the fund back in…
Unlike many state’s AED laws, the AED ownership requirements in the state of Minnesota could become MORE restrictive with the passing of HF1971 (read full text here). The Minnesota law would begin requiring AED unit registration with one of a…
