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How to use an AED in cases of cardiac arrest It's been six days since Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field in front of millions. Many feared the worst.
There's an AED (automated external defibrillator) on a nearby wall, but you've never seen one. You listen for approaching sirens. Nothing. Can you do this?
Physicians from Rush University Medical Center explain what to do in a crisis.
She was treated by employees who used an onsite defibrillator. Today, Christopher Powers, Paramedic in Charge, Field Training Officer, Chicago Fire Department, joins John Williams to tell us how to ...
By placing one defibrillator pad on the chest and the other on the back, instead of the standard placement of both pads on the chest, the chances of survival more than doubled.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. It accounted for more than 928,740 deaths in 2020.
School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide … ...