Whole Foods Market(R) Installs ReviveR(TM) Automated External Defibrillators in its Florida Stores.PLANTATION, Fla. -- Whole Foods Market(R) has installed automated external defibrillators automated external defibrillator Emergency medicine A portable device designed for use by first-response personnel for out-of-hospital emergency treatment of Pts suffering from cardiac arrest. See First-response personnel. (AEDs) in all of its Florida stores and work locations, becoming the first supermarket chain in Florida to deploy these life-saving devices comprehensively to protect both customers and employees. Defibtech ReviveR(TM) AEDs - used to revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest cardiac arrest n. Abbr. CA A sudden cessation of cardiac function, resulting in loss of effective circulation. Cardiac arrest A condition in which the heart stops functioning. - have been placed in stores in Aventura, Boca Raton Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Coral Springs Coral Springs, city (1990 pop. 79,443), Broward co., SE Fla.; inc. 1963. Largely residential, it is a city that has grown rapidly along with the southern Florida and Fort Lauderdale area. The population of Coral Springs nearly doubled between 1980 and 1990. , Fort Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Palm Beach Gardens, Plantation, Sarasota and Winter Park, as well as at the corporate regional office and Bakehouse in Plantation. Cintas Corporation, the distributor of the ReviveR(TM) and provider of highly specialized services to businesses, will provide AED AED - Automated Engineering Design maintenance and training to personnel at each Florida site. "Placing these AEDs in all our Florida stores is the right thing to do," said Bruce Isaacs, regional safety specialist for Whole Foods Market. "We're a company that cares about its customers and Team Members, and this technology significantly increases the chances of survival for anyone in our stores stricken with sudden cardiac arrest." Whole Foods Market has more than 1,500 Team Members in Florida, he added. Several medical research studies have shown that AEDs in public places save lives. AEDs revive victims of sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular fibrillation ventricular fibrillation Uncoordinated contraction of the muscle fibres of the heart's ventricles (see arrhythmia). Causes include heart attack, electric shock, anoxia, abnormally high potassium or low calcium in the blood, and digitalis or epinephrine poisoning ( . Studies show that if victims are defibrillated within a minute or two after arrest, more than 70 percent survive. If defibrillation Defibrillation Definition Defibrillation is a process in which an electronic device sends an electric shock to the heart to stop an extremely rapid, irregular heartbeat, and restore the normal heart rhythm. is delayed for more than 10 minutes, only 5 percent live, making immediate access to AEDs vital. Defibtech AEDs have been deployed in many locations around the world - in stores, workplaces and public facilities, in thousands of police, fire and emergency vehicles, and at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. "Defibtech AEDs have become the defibrillators of choice for large-scale deployments," said Gintaras Vaisnys, Defibtech's president. Defibtech AEDs make a wise choice because of their reliability, durability and reasonable price, he said. About Whole Foods Market Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com) is the world's leading natural and organic foods supermarket and America's first national certified organic grocer. In fiscal year 2005, the company had sales of $4.7 billion and currently has 184 stores in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Whole Foods Market motto, "Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet"(TM) captures the company's mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Whole Foods Market, Harry's Farmers Market(R), and Fresh & Wild(R) are trademarks owned by Whole Foods Market IP, LP. Whole Foods Market employs more than 39,000 team members and has been ranked for nine consecutive years as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America by FORTUNE magazine. About Cintas Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Cintas Corporation provides highly specialized services to businesses of all types throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid and safety products, fire protection services and document management services to approximately 700,000 businesses. Cintas is a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CTAS CTAS Center-TRACON Automation System CTAS Create Table As Select (Oracle database) CTAS County Technical Assistance Service CTAS Cornell Taiwanese American Society CTAS Canadian Emergency Department Triage and Acuity Scale , and is a Nasdaq-100 company and component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. The Company has achieved 36 consecutive years of growth in sales and earnings, to date. About Defibtech Defibtech relentlessly pursues one goal: making the best automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in the world at affordable prices. Defibtech designs and manufactures the FDA-approved ReviveR(TM) brand AED and related accessories including pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. defibrillation pads. The ReviveR is sold through distribution partner Cintas Corporation. Founded in 1999, Defibtech is headquartered in Guilford, Conn., and manufactures all of its defibrillators in the United States in a state-of-the-art ISO- iso- or is- pref. 1. Equal; uniform: isobar. 2. Isomeric: isopropyl. 3. 9001 certified facility. The company also has CE Marking approval and ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 13485 certification. For more information about Defibtech and its products, visit www.defibtech.com or call 1-866-DEFIB-4-U (1-866-333-4248). |
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