Hernan Ricaurte

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AED.com - Saving Lives Through Education » News - [Cached Version]
Published on: 11/7/2003 Last Visited: 9/28/2006
Equipped with padded electrodes, the defibrillator analyzes heart rhythm and, with a series of shocks, often can reset the heart's normal electrical impulses, said Hernan Ricaurte, Cardiac Science Asia sales director and American Heart Association consultant.

It's used in conjunction with CPR to restore a pulse and blood flow while waiting for advanced life support help to arrive.A person can survive at most 10 minutes with no heart rate, Ricaurte said, and brain death can occur within eight minutes.
International ECC Staff and Global Consultants - [Cached Version]
Published on: 2/5/2007 Last Visited: 2/5/2007
Hernan Ricaurte: hernan@bacinc.info