Press Room
December 9, 2011
Where We Live – NPR Podcast
Jonathan Reiner, director of the cardiac catheterization lab at GW Hospital, board director at GW Cardiovascular Institute and professor of medicine at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, was a guest on NPR’s Hartford, Connecticut broadcast of Where We Live.... Read more
November 30, 2011
Olson Introduces Bill to Save Lives & Protect Good Samaritans
Rep. Pete Olson (R-Sugar Land) today introduced legislation to save lives and protect citizens who use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in emergencies. AEDs are used to assist victims of out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrests (SCA).... Read more
June 18, 2009
Group Aims to Boost Use of Lifesaving Tool; GWU Group Donates Defibrillators
The Washington Post (D.C. Extra) - Kim Bauhs was ready to give a presentation at a business meeting two years ago when she collapsed, stricken by sudden cardiac arrest. Two colleagues quickly found assistance from a nurse who happened to have an automated external defibrillator on site.... Read more
June 16, 2009
June 11, 2009
Mrs. Cheney Behind DC Defibrillator Program
Washington, DC (myfoxdc.com) - Restart D.C. is a new program that will put automated external defibrillators in low-income areas and community groups around the District. The defibrillators are designed to help stop sudden cardiac arrest.... Watch the video
June 11, 2009
June 11, 2009
ReStart DC Hopes to Save Lives
Washington, DC (WUSA9) - Sudden cardiac arrest is when the heart stops beating. Researchers say most who suffer from sudden cardiac arrest end up dying from the condition. An automated external defibrillator, or what is commonly known as an AED, could make the difference in saving someone who is suffering from cardiac arrest.... Read more
June 4, 2009
ReStart DC Launches Life-Saving Public Access Defibrillation Program
Washington, DC - In an effort to save more lives from sudden cardiac arrest, The Richard B. and Lynne V. Cheney Cardiovascular Institute at The George Washington University will launch the ReStart DC program on June 11. The goal of the ReStart DC program is to place automated external defibrillators (AEDs) where large numbers of people gather throughout all eight wards of Washington, D.C. and to raise awareness about the critical need for broad AED access to help save lives.... Read more
June 2009
About ReStart
ReStart DC is a community program initiated by The Richard B. and Lynne V. Cheney Cardiovascular Institute at The George Washington University. The goal of the ReStart DC program is to place automated external defibrillators (AEDs) where large numbers of people gather throughout all eight Wards of Washington, D.C. and to raise awareness about the critical need for broad AED access to help save lives in the event of a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA).... Read more
June 2009
Media Alert
ReStart DC Launches Life-Saving Public Access Defibrillation Program.... Read more