By
Heidi Schwartz, on July 10, 2008, at 6:37 am
Dr. Glenn W. Laub, a practicing cardiac surgeon and Defibtech CEO, said the roles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are commonly misperceived by the media and general public.
“As a cardiac surgeon and advocate of public access AEDs, I believe it’s very important to create awareness not only about what CPR and AEDs can do, but to correct a few common misperceptions about CPR and AEDs,” said Laub, who is chairman of cardiothoracic surgery and director of The Heart Hospital at St. Francis Medical Center in Trenton, NJ.
“First, to understand CPR and AEDs, you
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