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November 24, 2025
Anchorage, Alaska Wins 2025 PulsePoint AED Contest
Anchorage Fire Department receives five ZOLL® AED 3 Defibrillators and a SaveStation Cabinet to place in the community.
The PulsePoint Foundation, a public non-profit 501(c)(3), announced that the Anchorage Fire Department has won the 2025 PulsePoint AED Contest, winning five ZOLL® AED 3 defibrillators and a SaveStation outdoor cabinet providing the first 24/7-accessible ZOLL AED placed in the community.
The contest took place during the month of October, Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, and was eligible to any community using PulsePoint AED to locate and register AEDs. The Anchorage Fire Department collectively registered 132 at locations throughout the greater Anchorage area.
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April 28, 2025
What to know to save a life: The key to cardiac arrest survival
Bystander training on spotting and using defibrillators can greatly improve cardiac arrest survival, but many people don’t know what to do.
When a woman collapsed on an escalator at the Buffalo airport last June, Phil Clough knew what to do. He and another bystander put her flat on her back and checked her pulse and her breathing. Then she stopped breathing altogether. Realizing that she might be having a cardiac arrest, Clough immediately started doing chest compressions, pressing hard and quickly on the center of her chest, while others nearby called 911 and ran to get an automated external defibrillator. Within seconds of receiving a shock from the AED, the woman opened her eyes. By the time the airport rescue team arrived a few minutes later, she was conscious and able to talk with rescuers.
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