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As National CPR & AED Awareness Week (June 1–7) gets underway, a new wave of future first responders is hitting the ground ...

To kick off National Public Health Week, NorthBay Health installed its first publicly accessible Automated External Defibrillator at Mankas Corner, while meeting with the community and local ...

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Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, are easy to use, and they're effective for restoring a regular heart rhythm during sudden cardiac arrest. While they can be operated by people who don't ...

Thanks in large part to the Janet Zilinski Memorial Fund, the Del Val Dawgs now have two Automatic External Defibrillators (AEDs). The Janet Fund also provided training on June 24 for the Dawgs' ...

An estimated 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths occur each year in the U.S. Approximately 10% of those who experience out-of-hospital cardiac events survive. Use of automated external ...

LAFAYETTE — Lafayette’s “Be a Heart Starter!” event has trained nearly 16,000 Acadiana residents in CPR over the past 13 years, knowledge that has likely driven up the survival rate of local heart ...