Could a Defibrillator Have Saved Tim Russert?


	Could a Defibrillator Have Saved Tim Russert?

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6-24-2008 12:10 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bb3bcdaa-bde9-4c6c-9286-c1597d9b20b4/01E0787F-F665-4314-8398-B9FFE94F25B8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/could-a-defibrillator-have-saved-tim-russert/" href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/could-a-defibrillator-have-saved-tim-russert/" style="font-size: 11px;">well.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/could-a-defibrillator-have-saved-tim-russert/"><P>A nagging question has emerged in the wake of the death of NBC’s Tim Russert. Where was the defibrillator?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/could-a-defibrillator-have-saved-tim-russert/">NBC News has declined to comment on whether an automated external defibrillator, or A.E.D., was nearby at the time of Mr. Russert’s collapse or why a defibrillator wasn’t immediately used. Cardiac arrest typically is caused by a chaotic heart rhythm called ventricular fibrillation, which can be restored to normal if treated early with electric shock. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/could-a-defibrillator-have-saved-tim-russert/"><P>An A.E.D., which is about the size of a laptop computer, is a computerized device that analyzes the heart rhythm and prompts even an untrained rescuer to deliver an electrical shock if needed. <A id="more-389"></A></p> <P>Although paramedics carry defibrillators, they typically arrive several minutes or longer after a person collapses, which often is too late to make a difference. Automated defibrillators allow anyone to administer the life-saving shock within minutes after the arrest occurs. Not all abnormal heart rhythms are responsive to the shock treatment.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/01E0787F-F665-4314-8398-B9FFE94F25B8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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