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• Training Day: Mastering the 12-lead

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  Tips for training EMS providers on interpreting a 12-lead, from studying EKG renderings and understanding their clinical significance

• Study: Cardiac arrest response time longer for low-income areas

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  Researchers who looked at thousands of 911 calls found that response times for cardiac arrest incidents in low-income areas are 10 percent longer

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• 10 steps to organizing a cardiac arrest survivor celebration

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  Survivor celebrations promote awareness of cardiac arrest and create an opportunity to celebrate EMS success

• Couple promotes CPR training after husband saves wife

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  Greg and Laurie Chuppe are advocating for more people to learn CPR after Greg saved Laurie when she went into cardiac arrest

• Paramedic helps save own dad after responding to cardiac arrest call

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  San Antonio Fire Department David Nielsen was dispatched to his father’s home, who was in cardiac arrest when Nielsen arrived

• Fla. city joins PulsePoint service so that bystanders can help save lives

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  Anyone who downloads the app agrees to share their location via GPS and receive alerts when someone in a public place is in need of resuscitation

• EMS World Expo Quick Take: Training citizens for emergencies

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  A panel of experts share their community outreach best practices in educating citizens how to respond to cardiac arrest and overdose emergencies

• Ore. fire dept. launches PulsePoint app to enable 'citizen superheroes'

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  PulsePoint alerts users to cardiac arrests within a quarter mile of their location, so people can provide treatment before paramedics arrive

• Wis. firefighter-paramedic’s cause of death report sparks reviews

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  After it was revealed that Rick Garner, 29, died of cardiac arrest, Chief Steven Davis said the department will review how responder recruit health is assessed

• Wash. responders, civilians honored for saving life of retired fire chief

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  Retired Chehalis Fire Department Chief Bill Nacht went into cardiac arrest while waiting for a friend so they could go on a motorcycle trip

• Quiz: Test your cardiac emergency knowledge

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  Are you ready to respond to a cardiac emergency? Prove by taking our 10-question quiz

• Study: Cardiac arrests are not more common in the mornings

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  A recent study debunked the common belief that the morning hours are a “danger time zone” for sudden cardiac arrest

• Pregnant woman performs CPR on husband before giving birth

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  Ashley Goette, who was 39 weeks pregnant, administered CPR on her husband Andrew after he went into cardiac arrest, and gave birth after he awoke from a coma

• LODD: Respected Pa. EMS chief dies while working charity event

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  Crozer-Keystone Health System EMS Chief Robert Reeder suffered a cardiac arrest while on duty Saturday at a charity event at Talen Energy Stadium

• Mass. island residents raising money for AEDs

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  Plum Island residents are aiming to make their isolated island safer by raising money to install two AEDs and train community members on how to use them

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