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Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the number one killer of Americans today.
It can happen in a heartbeat. Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can strike anyone, anytime. It is a leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming nearly 320,000-325,000 lives each year—about 1,000 people a day—or one every two minutes. (SCAA)

Group Stresses Need for AEDs.
by Claudia Watson
State Senator Harris Blake (Moore County, NC) confers with Dr. Robin Cummings, chairman, HeartSafe Moore County on the NC Senate floor.

HeartSafe Moore County offer-ed itself to the N.C. Senate as a model for automated external defibrillator (AED) networks across the state.


(State Senator Harris Blake (Moore County, NC) confers with Dr. Robin Cummings, chairman, HeartSafe Moore County on the NC Senate floor.)

An AED is a portable electronic device that delivers an electric shock to the heart when warranted.

"There is a growing interest on the part of many individuals and groups across North Carolina to make this very simple technology widely available to effectively treat a very common cause of death -- sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)," said Dr. Robin G. Cummings, chairman of HeartSafe Moore County and a retired cardiac surgeon. "AEDs have a tremendous capability to save lives."



 
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HeartSafe Moore County - Savings Lives with an AED Network  by Claudia Watson

There are hundreds of thousands of out-of-hospital deaths that occur each year in the United States from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), so ...
    
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Automated External Difibrilators save lives by administering effect treatments with the help of guided instructions to lay people on the scene of an emergency.

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