October is Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, and we want to celebrate by educating you on what we do best: saving lives. Together, we can strengthen our individual links in the chain of survival, keeping our families and communities safer. What is Sudden Cardiac Arrest? Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is a condition where the heart […]
Walk down any aisle in Target or Staples, and you’ll see it’s Back To School season across the country. But this year, getting back into the classroom looks a little bit different than what we’re used to. A handful of states have ordered school closures or restricted students to remote learning only, but many others […]
The IP Rating (or Ingress Protection Rating) classifies and rates the degrees of protection against the intrusion of solid objects, dust, accidental contact, water in mechanical casings and with electrical enclosures. The code will start out with IP followed by two digits. The first digit indicates the level of protection that the enclosure provides against […]
Scientists are uncovering new information about the COVID-19 virus with every passing day, and we are constantly learning about the direct and indirect effects of this pandemic. A group of researchers at Cleveland Clinic has found a significant increase over the past several months of patients experiencing broken heart syndrome. In clinical terms, broken heart […]
When somebody experiences sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), every second matters. CPR and defibrillation are the two ways to treat somebody suffering an SCA, but the patient’s survivability decreases with every passing minute. Often, EMS arrives too late. This is why we emphasize the importance of AED prevalence and bystander education. If people on-site are equipped […]
Here at AED.US, we talk a lot about automated external defibrillators – it’s in our name. But we want to emphasize why we love these portable, user-friendly, life-saving devices. Let’s start with the cold, hard facts. Every year, nearly 400,000 sudden cardiac arrests (SCA) occur out of hospitals. The only treatment for an SCA is […]
Introduction There are many medical conditions we can’t cure or lack the knowledge to treat, but a sudden cardiac arrest isn’t one of those. We know that proper CPR and shock from an AED are the two most effective ways to save a life after an SCA. The American Heart Association continues to emphasize the […]
