Beloved NBC political correspondent Tim Russert died yesterday from sudden cardiac arrest, according to Newsweek. If his colleagues immediately applied an automated external defibrillator (AED), he might be alive today.
Dr. Richard Shlosmitz, chairman of cardiology at St. Francis Heart Hospital in Roslyn, said, “A layman could have saved his life. Without a defibrillator, even I couldn’t have saved him.”
His death won’t be a complete loss if it WAKES US UP to the importance of publicly accessible defibrillation. Read AEDs at Work, watch this, and PLEASE consider an AED for your school, office, and anywhere it can save a life.
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