If you read only one post on this site, read this if you’re a parent. Joe introduces you to three young victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Only two lived.
TinyURL: The next killer app
TinyURL shortens a long Web address into something smaller, memorable, usable, and marketable. Along with the imitators that followed, the concept is a killer and TinyURL.com is a good place to start. Enter a long URL to make tiny: Practical applications 1. Twitter gives you 140 characters. Twitter makes each character precious. On Twitter you’d […]
Tim Russert needed a defibrillator
Beloved NBC political correspondent Tim Russert died yesterday from sudden cardiac arrest, according to Newsweek. If his colleagues immediately applied an automated external defibrillator (AED), he might be alive today. Dr. Richard Shlosmitz, chairman of cardiology at St. Francis Heart Hospital in Roslyn, said, “A layman could have saved his life. Without a defibrillator, even […]
Still no AED defibrillator?
We saved a six-year-old a few weeks ago. I do hope you have defibrillators in your kids’ schools. My company Cardiac Science is giving an automated external defibrillator (AED) away in a few weeks to one lucky sponsor of the Heart Walk. I’ve had relatively few sponsors which should increase your chances. Click here to […]
Best place to go into sudden cardiac arrest? Seattle.
I’m glad I live where I do. Improve your chances with an AED defibrillator. Or at least get one in your kids’ schools. (Apologies in advance for the commercial they serve up first.) There’s an AED in my kids’ school. Knowing what I know about sudden cardiac arrest, I can rest easier as a result. […]
New poll feature on LinkedIn
LinkedIn has a new feature which enables users to create polls for free. Please take this one. I created it in five minutes.