Posts Tagged ‘aed’
Lifesaving AEDs Now on Rehoboth Boardwalk!
Rehoboth’s local Rotary Club is leading efforts to make lifesaving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) available along the boardwalk in Rehoboth Beach. This coming Wednesday at 9 a.m., Rotary Club members and other officials will unveil the initiative at the Rehoboth Beach Bandstand. So far, four AEDs, which are used to resuscitate people suffering a sudden cardiac arrest,…
Read MoreCPR, AED Help Resuscitate Heart Attack Victim at Dewey Pub
Dewey Beach police, Rehoboth Beach EMS and Sussex County paramedics helped save a 61-year-old man who collapsed in cardiac arrest while suffering a suspected heart attack this past Thursday evening in the聽Dewey Beer Company. Sgt. Clifford Dempsey, police spokesman, says the officer performed CPR on the victim until the ambulance crew arrived. They then used…
Read MoreRehoboth Lifeguards Resuscitate Man Pulled from Surf in Cardiac Arrest
Rehoboth Beach lifeguards pulled a man from the surf today who was in cardiac arrest. He had collapsed around 12:20 p.m. north of the Henlopen Hotel off Pennsylvania Avenue. They began CPR and brought an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the scene. The AED shocked him once and he immediately regained a pulse. He reportedly…
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