{"id":2092,"date":"2011-11-17T20:23:40","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/?p=2092"},"modified":"2011-11-18T04:51:48","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T03:51:48","slug":"research-into-action-aed-installed-3-months-ago-saves-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/bjsm\/2011\/11\/17\/research-into-action-aed-installed-3-months-ago-saves-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Research into action – AED installed 3 months ago saves life!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Blog by Jon Drezner – Sports Cardiology Senior Associate Editor\"\"<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I heard some amazing news today and still gathering the details. \u00a0Last night at [anonymized] Middle School a 45 yo\u00a0[anonymized] suffered sudden cardiac arrest during a basketball game. \u00a0Witnesses pulled the AED off the wall, delivered two shocks before EMS arrived, and the patient is alive and doing well today!<\/p>\n

It is less than 3 months since the Heart of Seattle Schools project <\/a>installed 136 AEDs into Seattle Public Schools, with at least one in every school. \u00a0This was our AED and administered by a school staff member for a member of our community… just how public access defibrillation programs are supposed to work.<\/p>\n

From the beginning, University of Washington Medicine has played a major role in the success of this project and the safety of our community. \u00a0To think the benefit of this program has been realized so quickly!<\/p>\n

Related Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drezner, J, Harmon, K, and Borjesson, M. 2011.<\/a> Incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes: where did the science go? <\/a>BJSM, 45: 947-948<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n

September 2009 BJSM \u2013 deals specifically with cardiac issues and the athlete<\/a><\/p>\n

Blogs:<\/p>\n