Study Looks at Training Residents to Use AEDs

May 22, 2017

UA biomedical engineer Marv Slepian and Sarver Heart Center co-director Karl Kern team up with Green Valley groups to introduce community defibrillators.

Anyone who has experienced a cardiac event or seen a loved one suffering through one knows the agony of waiting for paramedics. Two University of Arizona professors want to ease minds by changing that and making Green Valley a “heart-safe community.”

Every minute counts,” Slepian said. “Time is muscle. Time is life.”