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Defibtech Lifeline and ReviveR Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs): Recall - Software Defect May Cancel Shock by FDA Posted Wed 11 May 2011 8:00am [Posted 05/10/2011] AUDIENCE: Emergency Medicine, Risk Manager ISSUE: Devices subject to this recall include Model DDU-100 series with software version 2.004 or earlier, sold under the brand names Lifeline and ReviveR. AEDs using software version 2.004 or earlier may cause the device to cancel shock during the charg ... Read on »

Automate, automate, automate!!!! by Kerry Posted Wed 28 Oct 2009 12:00am to slowly come back was to wholeheartedly embrace structure and routine again. I've really found that automating my life is working for me. So let me introduce you to my life lately... and then it all starts over again. Man...losing weight is a lot of work. It requires so much dedication BUT I've found that having this kind of automatic routine makes things better Read on »

External Hemorrhoid Treatments - How To Eliminate External Hemorrhoids Quickly by Healthy Living .. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 27 Mar 2009 3:19pm , internal hemorrhoids are inside the rectum and external hemorrhoids are outside. This distinction is actually very important, because the best treatment for you may differ depending..., but hemorrhoids can be very stubborn and difficult to get rid of. If you are looking for a solution to your hemorrhoids, the first step is to understand what external hemroids are and how Read on »

Good point about having automate ... by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 10 Nov 2008 4:21pm constantly being monitored or were admitted for non-heart problems. One potential way to speed up response times, Chan suggests, is to make automated external defibrillators, or AEDs... Good point about having automated defibrillators at the hospital...they are are airports and in other public areas today...so why not at the hospital for quick access when Read on »

War Veterans to Participate in a Study for Automated Medication Delivery System by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 Sep 2009 10:21pm The study is an attempt to find better ways to help patients take their medications. This is an issue even outside the military and in 2 locations the automated EMMA...’s are loaded into a car or home stereo. The MDU identifies each medication automatically – no patient input is required. Changes made to the dosing instructions are transmitted Read on »

Sanofi Uses Automated Calling System And Emails For Last Round of 1700 Layoffs–Fired by the HR Textbox by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Fri 17 Dec 2010 11:28pm and a code. An automated voice according to this article told those who were going to be laid of to “stop working immediately” with no opportunity to ask even a question. This gets... to come out some way or another. As soon as the dirty work was done, an outsourced company representative showed up to take company car, so again this was pretty much automated Read on »

FDA Says Build a Better External Defibrillator And Starts a Program-Too Many Recalls by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Tue 16 Nov 2010 2:30am The Food and Drug Administration wants to strengthen automated external defibrillators, or AEDs. They are the lifesaving devices used to treat sudden cardiac arrest. The FDA plan, dubbed the "External Defibrillator Improvement Initiative", aims to improve the safety and effectiveness of AEDs currently available and to work with manufacturers to create newer Read on »

Reacting to External Things by Gabriella Kortsch Ph.D. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 22 May 2009 11:55pm Assilah, Morocco Here's a great quote I have been carrying around with me for several decades: If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due... that are external to you that may stress you? Just about everything: your job, your partner, your mother-in-law, your children, daily traffic, bills, the weather, delays, not knowing how Read on »

Reacting to External Things by Gabriella Kortsch Ph.D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 12 Dec 2010 1:13pm Here's a great quote I have been carrying around with me for several decades If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (from ) What are things that are external to you that may Read on »

FDA Launches Initiative to Develop Innovative External Defibrillators by Medline Plus Posted Mon 15 Nov 2010 7:05pm defibrillators are used successfully thousands of times each year to treat sudden cardiac arrest. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are found in public settings and increasingly...: 888-INFO-FDA FDA launches initiative to develop innovative external defibrillators Safety concerns on the devices that treat abnormal heart rhythms also to be addressed Read on »