In conjunction with the Healthy Campus Network and the Be Smart About Safety Programs, the Office of Emergency Services has established an Automated External Defibrillator Program. Through this ...
WASHINGTON — Ward 5 Councilman Kenyan McDuffie thinks defibrillators are an important tool for safety in the District. Automated external defibrillators “help save lives,” McDuffie said, “and we ...
Kittim Sherrod and John Taylor Babbitt suffered from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart condition, and possibly could have been saved if there had been easy access to a defibrillator. The HEARTS Act ...
CHELMSFORD — Starting in July 2018, all Massachusetts schools will be required to provide an automated external defibrillator on the premises and at school-sponsored athletic events. Chelmsford-based ...
Helping someone in cardiac arrest is not as daunting as it seems. By Gina Kolata Before 1958, there was no such thing as CPR. If someone’s heart stopped because of cardiac arrest, that person fell to ...