Returning to work

Returning to work after a major trauma like a Sudden Cardiac Arrest can be a very difficult thing to gauge and over the years there have been quite a few posts in our group about this subject. Brain injury One of the major issues that SCA survivors have that perhaps many other cardiac patients don’t … Read more

Statins: The Whipping Boys of Cardiac Drug Therapy

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I’m approaching year 8 of breakfasting on atorvastatin. When my GP first explained to me that I’d be taking the medication for the rest of my life, after being diagnosed with cardiac ischemia and atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease), I protested. I bargained with him: “What if I change my diet?” “What if I go vegan?” … Read more

An AED for the masses?

If you had read the Business Leader article last Friday you might have been forgiven for thinking they were trying to pull an April Fools prank. But no, the story is true and at last someone is producing a defibrillator that is targeted where it is needed most – in the home, and at a … Read more