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Cardiac arrests, falls and emergencies, and how congregations responded.

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Medical · Chattanooga, Tennessee

2 minutes, 57 seconds: how a church's emergency plan restarted a heart

When a man collapsed in cardiac arrest during Wednesday night Bible class at Central Church of Christ, members called 911, started CPR and delivered an AED shock in under three minutes. His pulse came back before police arrived.

June 3, 2026 · 2 min read
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Medical · Branford, Connecticut

Easter Sunday, a fall at the door, and an AED bought just 15 months earlier

A 90-year-old member went into cardiac arrest while leaving Easter service at First Congregational Church of Branford. Parishioners started CPR, and nurse-midwives in the congregation used the church's new AED to bring him back.

April 5, 2026 · 2 min read
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