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Cardiac Medical Services, Inc. introduces new market strategies and partnership expansion at its northeastern regional sales meeting. December 22nd – December 23rd , 2011 ∙ Radisson Martinique ∙ New York, NY Leesburg, VA (PRWEB) December 29, 2011 Cardiac Medical Services, Inc. announced today, during its northeast regional sales meeting, that based on Q4 sales results from last year, projections indicate a promising close to 2011, which is already well ahead of plan. Day two of the...
Procedure may stop 'flight or fight' stress response impacting heart What do sweaty palms and abnormal heart rhythms have in common? Both can be initiated by the nervous system during adrenaline-driven "flight or fight" stress reaction when the body senses danger. Governed by the sympathetic nervous system, an abnormal "flight or fight" stress response which causes excessive sweaty palms (called hyperhidrosis) may also contribute to problems like dangerous irregular heart rhythms from...
Substantial improvements in symptoms and survival However, large-scale clinical trials have highlighted the beneficial effect of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in the improvement of symptoms and reduction of mortality, and CRT is now recommended in the major European and American guidelines for the treatment and prevention of heart failure. Clinical trials, however, are performed in carefully selected subjects and their results are not always applicable to the general...
QuickMedical, a leader in medical supply and distribution, announced today introduction of the HeartSine samaritan Pad public access defibrillator; an easy-to-use medical device especially designed for public access use, to administer lifesaving treatment for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. Issaquah, WA (PRWEB) December 14, 2011 According to QuickMedical, Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) often strikes without warning so there is little time to react and no time to think, so it’s important to...
BOTHELL, Wash., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiac Science Corporation, a global leader in automated external defibrillators (AED) and diagnostic cardiac monitoring devices, will supply hundreds of Powerheart® G3 AEDs for "Defib Your Club, For Life," a campaign to reduce deaths from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) among athletes, officials and spectators in sporting clubs of Victoria, Australia. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080306/AQTH510LOGO) The campaign was...
MyHeartMap Challenge Will Create Nation's First Crowdsourced Citywide Registry of Automated External Defibrillators, Awarding $10,000 to Participant Who Locates Largest Number of Lifesaving Devices PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of Penn Medicine researchers is set to save lives with cell phone cameras -- and they're challenging the public to help. The MyHeartMap Challenge, a month-long contest slated to take place beginning in mid January, will send...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Information, Inc. (GII) presents "External Defibrillators - Global Pipeline Analysis, Competitive Landscape and Market Forecasts to 2017" by GlobalData. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20111201/CG16012) The external defibrillators market around the globe is forecast to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 6% over the period 2010 - 2017 to exceed $2.2 billion by 2017, with growth primarily driven by the...
AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 30, 2011, a physician at Heart Hospital of Austin became the first in Texas to implant the Unify Quadra(TM) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and Quartet® Left Ventricular Quadripolar Pacing Lead. The new pacing technology, developed by St. Jude Medical, offers additional pacing options that can reduce the need for reoperation to reposition a lead. This new technology offers physicians the ability to...
NEWTOWN, Pa., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HeartSine® Technologies, Inc., a world leader in personal and public access defibrillators, announced today that it is the exclusive provider of Automated External Defibrillator devices (AEDs) to Golden Living, the nation's second largest nursing facility company. As part of the agreement, the samaritan® PAD 300P Public Access Defibrillator, HeartSine's lifesaving product for the treatment of sudden cardiac arrest, will be...
DETROIT, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- DMC Sinai-Grace has become the first healthcare facility in Michigan to successfully resynchronize a patient's heartbeat using a breakthrough pacemaking device. The new Unify Quadra(TM) cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D), just recently approved by the FDA, is the smallest pacemaking device and the only quadripolar pacing system available. The Quadra uses a pacing lead with four electrodes (instead of the usual...
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, commonly known as CPR, is an emergency procedure performed in an effort to preserve brain function and manually pump blood through to the body’s vital organs, until further measures are taken to restore spontaneous circulation. CPR is indicated in cardiac arrest patients, but may also be performed on patients with an unresponsive presentation or those experiencing agonal breaths or severe and prolonged arrhythmias such as bradycardia or tachycardia. The first...
The precordial thump is an application of mechanical energy through a calculated strike to the torso when in a specific fatal heart rhythm. This procedure is used in very specific circumstances by highly trained health professionals with ACLS certifications. The Procedure While in the presence of a patient that is suffering a potentially fatal heart rhythm, a medical provider can strike a calculated point on the sternum to disrupt that rhythm. The energy transferred by the provider is...
