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AEDs in Schools Prove Effective (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Tue, 07/28/2009 - 13:03

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- The majority of individuals who had a cardiac arrest in a high school survived to hospital discharge if an automated external defibrillator (AED) was on site, researchers found.


 

Potentially Faulty AEDs Recalled

MedPage Today Emergency Medicine  Tue, 03/17/2009 - 13:31

BEAVERTON, Ore. (MedPage Today) -- More than 14,000 automatic external defibrillators have been voluntarily recalled, Welch Allyn Protocol, the device maker, announced.