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• Zamboni driver helps rescue man suffering cardiac arrest

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  Eric Baker sprang into action, grabbing the rink's portable defibrillator

• Parents who lost child to heart disease placing AEDs around Ill. town

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  The Greg Holthaus Memorial Fund partnered with St. Joseph’s Hospital to place AEDs near high schools

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  Drones carrying AEDs could aid cardiac arrest patients

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  In tests, the drone arrived 16 minutes faster than an ambulance

• Teen cardiac arrest survivor raising money for AEDs

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  Caleb Perkins, 18, is working with his family to raise awareness about CPR and AEDs

• AED stations to be added to Ohio community parks

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  The idea stemmed from a community survey that showed residents wanted to promote health, wellness and physical activity

• EMS, survivors meet: 'Without them I wouldn't be here'

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  About 12 survivors of sudden cardiac arrest were reunited with the EMS paramedics, firefighters and dispatchers who had a role in their survival

• Prove It: Dual defibrillation of refractory ventricular fibrillation

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  What's the evidence that delivery of dual defibrillation improves survival outcomes for patients who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and fail to respond to conventional therapy?

• Cardiac arrest survivor thanks paramedics who saved his life

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  Throughout the reunion event, fire officials stressed the importance of everyone learning CPR

• Off-duty firefighters save man in cardiac arrest

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  Thanks to quick thinking and action, the man can now go home to his wife and three kids

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  How to treat sudden cardiac arrest, opioid overdose

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  An unconscious patient, with absent or ineffective breathing, may be in sudden cardiac arrest or have overdosed on an opioid; here's how to assess and treat the patient

• AMR teams up with IAFC, ACEP to train 1M people in bystander CPR

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  The organizations will come together for the World CPR Challenge, which trains bystanders to recognize the signs of sudden cardiac arrest

• DC firefighter thanks bystanders who saved her life

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  A restaurant worker, two medical students and members of the fire department came to her aid

• Paramedics revive 9-year-old boy hit by line drive

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  Crews revived the boy using a defibrillator, CPR, a breathing tube and medication

• Wife collapses in yard, husband performs CPR for 12 minutes

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  His wife was taken to a hospital, where her treatment included the installation of a pacemaker to defibrillate her heart if it arrests again

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  Study: Marathons may delay medical care for others

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  For every 100 people suffering a heart attack or cardiac arrest, three to four more died within a month if they had sought care on a marathon day

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