The University of Miami installed 54 life-saving devices around campus in January as a result of an Aug. 17 Coral Gables city ordinance. Automatic External Defibrillators must be present in all places of public assembly in excess of 20,000 square feet, the ordinance says.
For decades, Seattle has led the nation in 911 medical response with a strategy of basic life-support services by firefighters trained as emergency medical technicians, advanced care by paramedics when needed, and citizen participation in lifesaving. The…
Hundreds turn out to remember the music for homicide victim Joel Marino. Family and friends organized the event as a way to raise money for the programs Marino loved best.
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta, the world’s busiest airport, said Friday that it will postpone its plans to establish Registered Traveler lanes. Instead, the airport will add four security lanes, bringing the total to 32, by the end of summer.
A much-noted study last year raised more than a few eyebrows when it suggested that digital music players could set hearts aflutter — by interfering with pacemakers.
Baptist LifeFlight Outreach Education is training about 270 Escambia County School District teachers, coaches and nurses to use automatic external defibrillators.