Joe Hage Online

  • About
  • Favorites
  • Marketing
  • Archives

Tim Russert needed a defibrillator

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 […]

Filed Under: Archives Tagged With: AED, AHA, American Heart Association, dead, defibrillator, SCA, sudden cardiac arrest, three minutes, Tim Russert

Copyright © 2026 • All rights reserved • Contact • Medical Marcom