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...doctors talk about a "golden hour" after someone suffers a heart attack or stroke, during which prompt medical attention can lead to complete or nearly complete recovery. But when it comes to cardiac arrest, in which the heart's electrical signals become so disorganized that it can no longer pump blood, that precious window is reduced to just a minute or two. For each minute that the heart is not shocked, or defibrillated, back to normal, a person's chance of survival drops 10%. After 10 minutes, the chances of survival--not to mention recovery--shrink to nearly zero...
...find the right signal, thus preventing accidental discharge. Although untrained passersby have successfully used AEDs, the ideal user is someone who has undergone a four-hour training course on how to give cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and operate an AED. CPR by itself does not usually revive someone in cardiac arrest, but it can keep a person alive for the critical extra few moments needed to locate and hook...
Some caveats should be kept in mind. You need a physician's prescription to get a home AED, and because cardiac arrest quickly leads to a loss of consciousness, you cannot use one on yourself. Also, in the rush to find the AED, family members might forget to call 911, which the American Red Cross and the American Heart Association both stress should always be the first step. And at $2,295, the HeartStart isn't cheap, which raises questions about how cost effective their widespread use may be. The National Institutes of Health is sponsoring several studies to look...
...arrest was a spectacular coup for Indonesia's much-maligned police force, particularly after they announced that Samudra had not only confessed to planning and directing the Bali bomb blasts but had also admitted to a string of other crimes, including several unsolved robberies and mysterious bombings. Indonesian authorities said the continuing roundup of Bali bombers had netted a total of seven suspects by Nov. 24, and added that they were actively seeking up to five more. They also said that Samudra had made a startling revelation: the smaller of the two bombs that exploded that night in Kuta...
...With so many dangerous minds still at large, Indonesian authorities can ill afford even a self-congratulatory pause in their war on terror. One senior government official concedes that while Samudra's arrest and the detention of Abubakar are big steps forward, the true masterminds of the Bali attack are the real prize. Not only are many senior JI commanders still active, the official adds, but the organization is highly adaptable. "JI operations have been disrupted, but it is a very amorphous body which can quickly execute leadership changes in the event of problems...