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Bob and Elaine Rud have a tradition. Every Friday, during the high school football season, you can find them seated in row 8 on the 50-yard line watching their grandson play football. Friday, September 03, 2021, was no different, except that it was an extra special day. Their oldest grandson turned 17 and it was Bob and Elaine’s 55th wedding anniversary.
At-a-glance:
- The day started like any other, he is a Mondovi school bus driver and drove the morning and afternoon routes.
- I screamed, “Call 911, get an AED, get an AED, get an AED.”
- The HeartStart OnSite AED analyzed Bob’s heart rhythm and the AED indicated a shock was advised.
- Overall, it took more than a half dozen shocks to restart his heart.
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Footnotes
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, https://www.sca-aware.org/sca-news/aha-releases-heart-and-stroke-statistics-2022-update.
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation, Latest Statistics, https://www.sca-aware.org/about-sudden-cardiac-arrest/latest-statistics.
- The American Heart Association, 2021 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update Fact Sheet, The American Heart Association, 2021 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update Fact Sheet.
- Weisfeldt ML, Sitlani CM, Ornato JP. Survival after application of automatic external defibrillators before arrival of the emergency medical system: Evaluation in the resuscitation outcomes consortium population of 21 million. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2010;55(16):1,713–1,720.
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