� Physio-Control of Redmond, Wash., proclaimed the LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator has been deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) as the low automated external defibrillator (AED) in space. AEDs are easy to use devices that automatically interpret a patient's centre rhythm and, if necessary, deliver a potentially lifesaving defibrillation shock. They deliver become vernacular in places such as airplanes, health clubs, and schools and now the LIFEPAK one thousand AED volition be useable for NASA crew members should soul experience sudden cardiac contain in quad.
The ISS has utilized manual defibrillators in the past, but NASA decided to now deploy an AED because it requires less training and maintenance, better enabling astronauts to respond to a medical emergency. The small size and light weight of the chiliad also helped minimize hardware mass and volume onboard the Space Station.
NASA conducted encompassing evaluations of 18 AEDs available general before selecting the LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator to protect the crew members of the ISS. The AED evaluations focussed on user interface, ease of enjoyment, durability and detailed technological specifications related to the unique conditions encountered in space, including electromagnetic hindrance, pressure susceptibleness, temperature, quiver, acceleration and other environmental factors. Additionally, Medical Operations personnel evaluated the economic consumption of LIFEPAK 1000 in zero solemnity conditions aboard a NASA DC-9 quiz aircraft as part of developing their advanced life history support exercise protocols.
With the elision of a customized battery developed and provided by Micro Power Electronics, a leading maker of tradition batteries and power systems, and a NASA-created cover for the device that is specifically designed for space habit to help protect it from electromagnetic interference, the LIFEPAK thou was deployed on panel the Space Station in the like device constellation used by professional emergency responders.
"We are prestigious NASA selected the LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator to protect the lives of crew members onboard the International Space Station," said Brian Webster, president of Physio-Control. "The K is used by thousands of emergency responders worldwide and was designed for use in the harshest environments and situations; it's proven to be unitary of the most dependable products Physio-Control has e'er developed. This 'space first' is specially exciting for us, as it underscores the many reasons customers choose LIFEPAK defibrillators for emergency medical use."
About Sudden Cardiac Arrest and the LIFEPAK 1000 Defibrillator
Sudden cardiac arrest happens suddenly and without warning, and is commonly caused by an electrical perturbation in the heart that causes an individual to go into an abnormal heart calendar method of birth control known as ventricular fibrillation, losing a pulse and consciousness. Immediate CPR and defibrillation ar critical to survival, as survival rates drop around 10 percent every minute without defibrillation.
Available from Physio-Control since 2006, the LIFEPAK thou defibrillator is an AED created for use by basic life support responders to treat cardiac nail patients. The 1000can likewise be programmed so those with more advanced breeding can horizon the three-lead ECG onscreen to provide continuous cardiac monitoring. The 1000 provides escalating biphasic energy up to 360 joules.
About the International Space Station
The International Space Station is a state of the art, orbiting laboratory complex that travels 240 miles supra the Earth. Assembly began in 1998 and bring on the complex continues today. The first occupant crew established the beginning of a continual human presence in space and arrived in a Russian capsule as part of Expedition 1 in November 2000. Since then, astronauts from more than than 10 countries hold carried out 17 missions. Crew members currently consume interior living and functional space for conducting on-going medical and space research with the goal of improving the lives of people all over the world.
About NASA
Congress created NASA in 1958. Its mission is to pioneer the next in place exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research. Led by Michael Griffin, the delegacy is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with 10 field of honor centers and other facilities around the nation.
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About Physio-Control
Physio-Control, Inc., a entirely owned subsidiary company of Medtronic, Inc., is located in Redmond, Wash. Physio-Control pioneered defibrillation engineering over 50 years ago. With more than 650,000 LIFEPAK defibrillators distributed worldwide, the company is the world's leading provider of extraneous defibrillators for the treatment of sudden cardiac hold.
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Friday 15 August 2008
Paula Wagner�s Departure Endangers United Artists� Status As World�s Best Movie Studio
Variety reports that United Artists co-chairman Paula Wagner (the Chad Hugo to Tom Cruise's Pharrell) is in talks with parent studio MGM to vacate her post, making her the second executive to leave the company this week following the departure of EVP Jeff Kleeman on Monday. According to Vulture buddy Nikki Finke, Wagner's exit comes after her failure to meet production deadlines imperiled part of the studio's $500 million financing deal with Merrill Lynch. Under her leadership, UA has made only two films � last fall's Lions for Lambs (currently on track to recoup its budget in DVD sales by 2064) and the upcoming Valkyrie, in which Cruise plays a one-eyed Nazi who botches an assassination on Hitler � and her exit leaves behind just Cruise, production president Don Granger, and "a few junior execs." As part of her punishment, Wagner will retain an ownership interest in the company.
Paula Wagner leaves UA [Variety]
Tom Cruise's Movie Studio Imploding: Paula Wagner Is DOA At United Artists; But Was It Suicide or Murder By MGM? [Deadline Hollywood Daily]
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Thursday 7 August 2008
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