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Promoting CPR and AEDs
Share your experiences in providing CPR and AED training, strategies for placing AEDs in your community or workplace and other ways to encourage prompt bystander action.
Hands Only CPR Online Videos
- By Lily08 · New reply April 21, 2009
- 6 replies
- http://handsonlycpr.eisenberginc.com/fun _stuff.html Hi everyone, I wanted to call attention to these 3 brief videos developed for the American Heart Association. They attempt to demystify CPR in the ...
AED at home: Needed? Too Expensive?
- By hugues · New reply April 1, 2009
- 13 replies
- Dear Community, I lost one of my relative to SCA. The emergency service did arrive too late for the defibrillation to be efficient. Since then I have been wondering why people do not have AED at home ...
Hands Only please
- By SCA-Husband · New reply December 9, 2008
- 1 reply
- Unfortunately, only around one out of three cardiac arrest victims receive bystander CPR. But this lifesaving technique can double or triple a person?s chance of surviving cardiac arrest. And it has just ...
Montana Survivors
- By danmontana · Posted October 7, 2008
- 0 replies
- I'm putting together an AED Program. I need Survivors in Montana to help with testimonials ...
SCAA's "Ask the Expert" Web Chat
- By kristjen · New reply August 5, 2008
- 1 reply
- Hello everyone, SCAA is holding its second "Ask the Expert" web chat on Monday, August 11th at 9:45 AM EDT. Please join Dr. Kevin Thomas of the Duke University Medical Center on a discussion of The Disparity ...
Corporate prioritization of AED Deployment
- By Ed_Walsh · New reply June 29, 2008
- 3 replies
- I am currently working with a major corporation that we provide the total program management for. This is a fortune 100 firm with many locations. Initially to begin and identify the First Phase the client ...
National CPR/AED Awareness Week June 1 to 7
- By pdminc · Posted May 28, 2008
- 0 replies
- The first week in June is National CPR/AED Awareness Week. Take this time to thank all those organizations that have placed an AED for their help in saving lives. Encourage them to use this occation to ...
Nearby AEDs going unused during an SCA event
- By erfisch · Posted April 1, 2008
- 0 replies
- I would be interested in hearing stories or reading articles about incidents where a nearby AED went unused because neither the first responder, nor the 911 dispatcher knew of a nearby AED. The missing ...
AED use at home
- By jonel · Posted March 28, 2008
- 0 replies
- Hello, all: I'm a reporter with MSNBC.com who is waiting to talk with a representative from the SCAA about this issue. I'm also looking to speak with people who've had experiences with SCA. There's a ...
Awareness is the first step in placing AEDs
- By pdminc · New reply March 20, 2008
- 1 reply
- Many organizations have not implemented an AED program in their facility. This includes schools, churches, restaurants, offices, factories, banks, hotels, retirement homes, nursing homes, dorms, health ...
Private AEDs
- By Phud · New reply February 13, 2008
- 8 replies
- Does anybody have any info on AEDs for private purchase? Is there any kind of a website? Since I had my SCA (2 blocks from the hospital, in the presence of my wife), I've thought of a few areas that could ...
AED Cost and Training
- By mitchden · New reply September 21, 2007
- 3 replies
- I'm thinkiing about suggesting that the local religious community that I'm affiliated with, purchase an AED. I had a heart attack in early July and 10 days later had a VT. I was very fortunate that I ...
CPR/AED Training in High Schools
- By SMKrug · New reply September 7, 2007
- 4 replies
- In the last Delaware legislative session, one of the State Senator pushed through a resolution [SCR 20] for a feasibility study for teaching CPR and AED to students in the high schools. The Department ...
Great News In Texas
- By wbabab · Posted September 6, 2007
- 0 replies
- I am cutting and pasting a news release from the Governor of Texas' office dated September 5,2007. This is great news. Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst Ceremonially Sign Bill Requiring Schools ...
A Different CPR
- By pdminc · New reply August 5, 2007
- 2 replies
- Recently a woman who works in my office complex recently got an AED for home. Her husband who was a cardiac physician had recently gone into semi-retirement and wanted one for the home. I asked her if ...
What a Texas school district has done.
- By wbabab · New reply June 21, 2007
- 2 replies
- I recently contacted my local school district about their AED program. I was pleasantly surprised to find the following. I am copying and pasting their news release. My school district is the Northeast ...
Lawmakers Push To Get Defibrillators On The Field
- By Amir · New reply May 2, 2007
- 1 reply
- Hey there, Saw this on the web. Thought it might interest the community. Anyone know of any other similar initiatives in other parts of the country? http://wbztv.com/local/local_story_12122 4602.html ...
Walk-A-Thon Fundraising
- By pdminc · New reply May 1, 2007
- 1 reply
- Dear Community, The Kiwanis Club of Trenton GA has taken on the task of raising funds to place defibrillators in the Dade County Schools. Their goal is to place eleven defibrillators in the four schools ...
Comments Requested
- By pdminc · New reply April 25, 2007
- 5 replies
- Hello community, I am preparing a newsletter that I will be sending to nursing homes and retirement communities. One of the stories is based upon the following article that appeared in the Toledo Blade ...
Deadly Words
- By pdminc · New reply March 14, 2007
- 4 replies
- In looking at legislation with regard to “How do I convince my boss” I ran across proposed TN legislation by Senator Bo Watson. SB 469. Senator Watson is my senator and I gave him information from the ...
