YouTube - Shocking 12 year olds!

My youngest son Finbar and his good friend Aleena show just how easy it is to save a life. As Finbar says "if a twelve year old can do it, so can you", absolutely right!
YouTube - Shocking 12 year olds!

Resuscitation Council (UK) statement on AEDs in locked cabinets

AEDs should not be in locked cabinets as it increases access time in those critical first few minutes after a cardiac arrest.
Resuscitation Council (UK) statement on AEDs in locked cabinets

Study Links Genetic Variation To Possible Protection Against Sudden Cardiac Arrest

These guys think they may have identified genes which protect against Sudden Cardiac Arrest, if that's the case they might be able to predict those most at risk, which is a great advance!

Study Links Genetic Variation To Possible Protection Against Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Should we Screen Healthy Children ? | the place where doctors blog

£100 for an ECG. What price can you put on a childs life? No brainer!
Should we Screen Healthy Children ? the place where doctors blog

The Ultimate Gift You Hope Never to Use!

If you are serious about saving a life or giving someone else the opportunity to do so then perhaps this is for you?

The Ultimate Gift You Hope Never to Use!

Football stadiums lack equipment to deal with heart attacks | The Sun |Woman|Health|Health|Dr Keith Hopcroft

The Northern Ireland initiative has to be expanded to the rest of the UK.

Football stadiums lack equipment to deal with heart attacks The Sun WomanHealthHealthDr Keith Hopcroft

Running and Coronary Calcium

There are some really counter-intuitive bits of research coming out lately, this is another piece. It seems that long-term marathon runners have a greater chance of `furring up` their coronary arteries! Read on!
Running and Coronary Calcium

Preventing Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest Deaths in Children

A nice story of success from a mother whose 11 year old son was saved by parents watching a sports match. Fortunately the facility had an AED at close hand.

Preventing Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest Deaths in Children

Safety Should Be Priority for Those Involved in Kids' Sports - Drugs.com MedNews

This is a fairly comprehensive article on all aspects of sports safety but the need for trainers/ teachers/ coaches to be proficient in CPR and the use of an AED is paramount.
Safety Should Be Priority for Those Involved in Kids' Sports - Drugs.com MedNews

The Defib Centre Opens its Doors to Raise Awareness of the Tragic Loss of Life f by The Defib Centre

The word is spreading that The Defib Centre means business and is determined to get as many affordable, reliable and excellent HeartSine Aeds out there to save as many lives as possible. Driven by passion and not profit, were on a mission.

The Defib Centre Opens its Doors to Raise Awareness of the Tragic Loss of Life f by The Defib Centre

BBC News - Sports clubs offered life-saving defibrillator course

This is a fantastic initiative in Northern Ireland, lets hope it spreads throughout the rest of the UK and sports clubs everywhere have life-saving AEDs on site.

BBC News - Sports clubs offered life-saving defibrillator course

Defibrillators up survival rate

Same information as the article listed below, but in a more readable format.
Defibrillators up survival rate

NEJM -- Nationwide Public-Access Defibrillation in Japan

This massive study from the authoratative New England Journal of Medicine confirms that rapid access to an AED really does save lives.
As relevant in the UK as Japan, we just need more defibrillators!

NEJM -- Nationwide Public-Access Defibrillation in Japan

As girth grows, risk of sudden cardiac death shrinks | ScienceBlog.com

An obesity paradox. One would think that being obese would increase the risk of sudden cardiac arrest! According to recent research, it seems quite the opposite. Underweight, normal and fat people are more at risk than obese ones!

Read on.................
As girth grows, risk of sudden cardiac death shrinks ScienceBlog.com

Teen Drug Use: Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome to Get High Kills Teens - ABC News

Another article highlighting the danger of inhaling recreatioanl drugs/ solvents and how they can lead to sudden cardiac arrest.

Teen Drug Use: Sudden Sniffing Death Syndrome to Get High Kills Teens - ABC News

foodconsumer.org - Why Doctors Believe the “New” CCR Will Save Many More Lives than CPR…

Better than CPR the new CCR (continuous chest compressions) means no more mouth to mouth!
Better to try than leave to die! Watch the video.

foodconsumer.org - Why Doctors Believe the “New” CCR Will Save Many More Lives than CPR…

A new beat in heart research

Solving the mystery of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), the discovery of certain mutated channels that allow ions to pass through membranes and the creation of an effective drug to counter the problem

A new beat in heart research

The Deadly Drugs under Your Nose: On the Street at Officer.com

Sudden sniffing syndrome with inhalent abuse. 55% of deaths are caused by sudden cardic arrest!

The Deadly Drugs under Your Nose: On the Street at Officer.com

Good news for coffee drinkers?

It seems that drinking coffee may offer some protection to the heart from arrhythmias!

Coffee and Arrhythmia Link

Federal Aviation Administration Selects Partners For Nationwide AED Program -- MINNEAPOLIS, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

FAA chooses HeartSine AED`s above all others. 3000 to be placed over next 5 years. Read why!

Federal Aviation Administration Selects Partners For Nationwide AED Program -- MINNEAPOLIS, March 5 /PRNewswire/ --

If ever you wanted convincing of the value of an AED in a school then read this article

If ever you wanted convincing of the value of an AED in a school then read this article
In all honesty, they have expressed to us a million times that without this AED unit that Drew would have died,” he said. “There would not have been enough CPR that would have saved him. It was totally the AED union that the school had bought and was in place.”

in all honesty, they have expressed to us a million times that without this aed unit that drew

MOUTH-TO-MOUTH CPR STILL BEST FOR CHILDREN

The American Heart Association has recommended a "hands only" approach to CPR since 2008, emphasizing the importance of performing rapid chest compressions on victims of sudden cardiac arrest.
The group decided to nix the mouth-to-mouth portion of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in part because studies show that it doesn't improve overall survival and, in part, to increase the odds that a bystander would perform any kind of CPR at all.
But a new study finds that the old-fashioned version of CPR is more effective at resuscitating children in cardiac arrest.
Japanese researchers examined the medical records of 5,170 youths aged 17 and younger who were treated by emergency medical personnel for an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Unfortunately, only 9 per cent of those children survived, and even fewer -- 3 per cent -- had a "favourable neurological outcome."
But the ones who got CPR from a bystander stood a much better chance of preserving their neurological function than those who didn't -- 4.5 per cent vs. 1.9 per cent, according to a report published online yesterday by the journal Lancet.
The researchers also found that conventional CPR was more likely to result in a "favourable neurological outcome" than compression-only CPR.
In their analysis, 7.2 per cent of children given chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth had a good outcome, compared with 1.6 per cent of kids who got compressions only.
In a commentary accompanying the study, Spanish researchers say the reason is probably that most cases of sudden cardiac arrest in children -- 71 per cent in the Japanese study and more than 90 per cent in other studies -- are probably caused by noncardiac events.

In such cases, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation is helpful.
Only about a third of cases in adults are thought to have noncardiac origins. When cardiac arrest has a cardiac cause, either type of CPR works equally well.
They conclude that bystanders should continue to provide traditional CPR to children in cardiac arrest.

More defibrillators needed in sports stadiums

This article identifies the paucity of life saving automated external defibrillators (AED`s) in football stadiums. A venue with lots of people, lots of adrenalin and lots of potential for heart attacks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8546070.stm

Ask your sports venue, football, rugby, tennis, golf, horse racing if they have an AED for the spectators as well as the players! This equally applies to music venues, night clubs and restaurants!