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As Regional Manager of Royal Life Saving, Carly Ryan estimates that she has used a training AED “thousands” of times in her role as an instructor. So before leaving her office for the Christmas holiday, she decided on a whim to take the Philips HeartStart FRx AED home with her. As an AED instructor, Carly says that up until that point, she had only used the HeartStart FRx AED in training, never in a real-life situation.
At-a-glance:
- With her life-saving background, Carly knows how important it is to know CPR and have an AED nearby
- With a little training, anyone can use the Philips HeartStart FRx AED
- A sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can happen anywhere: be prepared
Although the 63-year-old had no pre-existing conditions, she says that she had experienced random chest pain during the night in the months leading up to the incident.
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Footnotes
- In www.sca-aware.org/index.php/about-sudden-cardiac-arrest/latest-statistics
- In ohsonline.com/articles/2015/12/28/sca-signs-often-missed.aspx
- “Cardiac Arrest,” from the American Heart Association Web site, www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4481
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