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  • February 2008

    • Family Blames Airline for Woman's Death

      Associated Press  |  Feb 25, 08 3:28 PM CST

      Family Blames Airline for Woman's Death

      (Newser) - A woman who died en route from Haiti to New York received assistance from the flight crew and fellow passengers, American Airlines said today, disputing the victim's family's account of the incident. "Don't let me die," Carine Desir's cousin recalls her saying after a flight attendant refused to give her oxygen. "Oxygen was administered," an American spokesman said, "and the defibrillator was applied as well." More »

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      airline  • American Airlines  • FAA  • medical devices  • oxygen  • defibrillator

  • January 2008

    • Study: Hospitals Too Slow to Shock Hearts

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 2, 08 7:42 PM CST

      Study: Hospitals Too Slow to Shock Hearts

      (Newser) - American hospitals are taking too long to revive the hearts of patients who suffer cardiac arrest, a study finds. Electric shock from a defibrillator can restart a stopped heart, but only if it is done quickly. The American Heart Association recommends that patients in cardiac arrest receive treatment within two minutes, but 30% wait longer, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      health  • heart attack  • hospitals  • heart  • cardiac arrest  • defibrillator

  • October 2007

    • Medtronic Pulls Defibrillator Wires After 5 Deaths

      Wall Street Journal  |  Oct 15, 07 11:34 AM CDT

      Medtronic Pulls Defibrillator Wires After 5 Deaths

      (Newser) - Medtronic is halting sales of a wire that connects defibrillators implanted in the chests of cardiac patients to their hearts. The wires have been shown to fracture and deliver an accidental jolt  to the heart, which can be uncomfortable and may have played a role in five deaths. An estimated 235,000 people worldwide have defibrillators with the lead in question, the Sprint Fidelis line. More »

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      defibrillator  • Medtronic

  • July 2007

    • Docs Replace Cheney's Heart Implant

      Associated Press  |  Jul 29, 07 8:15 AM CDT

      Docs Replace Cheney's Heart Implant

      (Newser) - Doctors have replaced Dick Cheney's defibrillator "without complication," a spokeswoman for the VP says. A checkup last month revealed that the battery in the 6-year-old cardiac implant was running low, and yesterday doctors performed a routine procedure to swap out the power source without affecting the wires that connect to the heart, the AP reports. More »

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      Dick Cheney  • vice president  • surgery  • heart attack  • heart  • defibrillator

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