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Parent Heart Watch Launches Campaign for SCA Awareness Month
GENEVA, OHIO - Concealed behind a healthy smile, attacking youth at play, taking
them while they sleep, silent... until it's too late. Undetected and unexpected, Sudden Cardiac Arrest is claiming our youth.
Cardiovascular disease is the second leading medical cause of death in children and adolescents in the United States, according
to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) National Vital Statistics Report for 2005, published April 2008, Volume 56, Number
10.
In observance of National Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) Awareness Month (October), Parent Heart Watch aims to help
protect young lives and educate those who work and live with youth by launching its YOU Make the Difference! poster campaign
nationwide. This campaign consists of two 11" x 17" posters endorsed by the Parent Heart Watch Medical Advisory Board that
informs viewers about the observations and actions that can make the difference between life and death.
Often,
the warning signs of a heart condition in youth go undetected; thus the first poster lists the "Warning Signs and Symptoms
of a Heart Condition." If any exist, it advises that they be reported to the youth's physician immediately. It is imperative
that those who work and live with youth be aware of these signs and symptoms.
Most occurrences of SCA in youth occur in public places; thus the second poster,
"Cardiac Chain of Survival," depicts the five critically time-urgent links of the cardiac chain-of-survival. These steps should
be performed to help save the life of someone in SCA.
To look at a larger view of the poster, click on the link below each picture.
Be Aware Its Not So Rare!
Every Minute Counts...
- ZOLL INITIATES FIELD CORRECTIVE ACTION
ON AED PLUS (User-Installable Software Update Detects Battery-Aging Defect)
April 2, 2009—CHELMSFORD, Mass.—ZOLL Medical Corporation (Nasdaq GS:
ZOLL), a manufacturer of resuscitation devices and related software solutions, announced today it has initiated a voluntary
worldwide field corrective action on its ZOLL AED PlusŪ automated external defibrillator. The Company has determined
that some batteries do not work properly when used with AED Plus defibrillators manufactured prior to February 12, 2009 (serial
numbers below X_ _ _200000). In addition, the version of the AED Plus self-test software installed in these devices does not
adequately detect defective batteries. As a result of these two issues, the AED Plus defibrillator may fail to deliver defibrillation
shocks during treatment of sudden cardiac arrest. The Company’s investigation is not complete at this time.
To learn more about this action, use the link below.
ZOLL INITIATES FIELD CORRECTIVE ACTION ON AED PLUS
- Welch-Allyn Defibrillators Recalled After 39 Incidents
Reported
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Welch Allyn is recalling about 14,000 external defibrillators
after 39 reported incidents, including two that involved patient deaths.
To read the entire article, use the link below.
Welch-Allyn AED Recall
by Michelle Minkoff, Kristen Minogue and Melissa Suran
March 12, 2009
The first year of college
is a time of transition – but one Iowa State freshman playing in the hockey minor leagues faced a larger adjustment
than most.
The 19-year-old
nephew of Michael Custode, a firefighter from Arlington Heights, dreamed of playing in the National Hockey League or becoming
a fireman like his uncle. That all changed when doctors told him he had a life-threatening heart disease and had to stop all
strenuous exercise.
“Pretty much all his dreams
and aspirations, career-wise, that he had hoped for, were taken away,” said Custode. “This diagnosis turned his
life upside-down.”
To read the entire article, use the link below.
Free screenings help teens get to the heart of their cardiac risks
- Schools Learn to Tackle Emergencies
The deaths of two Forsyth County high-school athletes
last year prompted Annette Johnson to review how her school would react in a medical emergency.
Johnson is the athletics director at West Stokes
High School in King. Her school, like other high schools in the county, has an emergency action plan that specifies job duties
and procedures in the event a coach, player or fan is seriously injured or becomes ill at a sporting event.
Schools learn to tackle emergencies
- Supermarket savior uses defibrillator to save man
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
PINELLAS COUNTY (Bay News 9) -- A woman helped save a 73-year-old
man Tuesday evening after he went into cardiac arrest at a Sweetbay Supermarket in St. Petersburg.
According to Lt. Joel Granata with St. Petersburg Fire Rescue,
33-year-old Jennifer Trombly used her automated external defibrillator to get the man's heart started.
Supermarket savior uses defibrillator to save man
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