November 2002
Volume XXVIII, Number 5

	Inside This Issue Defibrillator on Duty Saving Lives in Pittsburgh AEDs: No Experience Required Sudden Cardiac Arrest--Not A Heart Attack New Laws Protect AED Users Motorcycles Equipped With AEDs Overweight Americans Face Serious Health Risks Help For Heart Failure Nuts: Tasty and Heart Healthy Winning Health Recipe of the Month

Specially designed motorcycles may soon help save lives in Miami, Florida. Under a proposed program, firefighters could respond to emergencies on the motorcycles, navigating gridlocked traffic to reach victims before other emergency vehicles arrive. All Miami-Dade County firefighters are trained as emergency medical technicians.

The BMW company has offered to donate ten emergency rescue motorcycles equipped with defibrillators, oxygen tanks, and first-aid kits. Firefighters would ride in pairs. If approved by the Miami-Dade County Commission, the bikes could be on the road by next fall.