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Sudden Cardiac Death Among Student Athletes

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Luitgard Holzleg

Sudden cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac death: we talk bout it in nearly every course, especially in sort related courses and courses for teachers: while it is luckily rare in young athletes, but when it happens, it’s often deadly. It …



Automated External Defibrillators Talk To You

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Luitgard Holzleg

You can’t do anything wrong. The defibrillator’s voice is loud and clear and gives the group of students listening step by steps instructions what to do. The students hesitate but when the intructor reassures them, one of students presses the …



32 New AEDs

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Luitgard Holzleg

These are fantastic news for anyone suffering from a cardiac arrest in canton Zug. The cantonal government had decided to grant the credit to purchase of 32 new defibrillators for public areas in the canton. Defibrillators are easy to use: …



Soccer player dies during game

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Luitgard Holzleg

I just read this on the news. It always breaks my heart when a young athlete dies, especially if he could have been resuscitated using a defibrillator: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/the_beautiful_blog/2013/07/peruvian-soccer-player-yair-clavijo-18-collapses-and-dies-during-game Do YOU know how to perform CPR, what a defibrillator is and …