Cardiac Arrest at the Boston Marathon
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boingo
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The bike and gator units make a huge difference at large events. A few years back a police officer suffered a cardiac arrest at the marathon and was also resucitated by a bike defibrillator unit.
DrParasite
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+1. cardiac arrests happen at these marathons all the time. usually because they have such a heavy EMS presence (added to the whole runners generally being healthy) result in these being saves. Definitely should be publicized more, because it shows the benefits of EMS.
Meursault
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So close...
bstone
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Yeah I'm here in Cambridge. I know the place real well.
I work the Walk for Hunger (this will be my 6th year running one of the First Aid stations). Wanna volunteer?
bstone
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Sunday May 2.
NYBLS
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This is exactly why I am trying to get a bike unit started in my department.
Ped101
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We have bike units inthe city i volunteer at, but so far they have been more of a nuisance than help.
Maybe with this i can convince the department to begin our own bike unit!
Maybe with this i can convince the department to begin our own bike unit!