To: Manx who wrote (100 ) 7/24/2002 12:01:06 PM From: Skywatcher Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 174 Cardiac Science Selected to Outfit Commonwealth Games With AEDs Powerheart(R)-Brand AEDs to Offer Emergency Protection to Spectators And Athletes; Cardiac Science AEDs Also Deployed at Empire State Games IRVINE, Calif., July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardiac Science, Inc. (Nasdaq: DFIB - News) today announced that its Powerheart®-brand automated external defibrillators (AEDs) have been selected as key components of the emergency medical service program at the Manchester 2002 XVII Commonwealth Games, Great Britain's largest multi-sport event whose venues include the 48,000-seat City of Manchester Stadium, the squash and tennis centers and the velodrome. The Games will run from July 25 to Aug. 4. The Medical Organizing Committee for the Commonwealth Games chose the Powerheart AED because of its clinical superiority and ease of use, according to Stuart Hildage, Managing Director of LifeTec the exclusive distributor of Cardiac Science products in the United Kingdom. Cardiac Science sells more than 1,000 units each year in the UK, which is one of the world's leaders in the adoption of public access defibrillation programs. "We are proud to have been selected as the AED supplier of choice for the Commonwealth Games and look forward to supporting the volunteer medical staff in providing the best possible medical care at each of the venues," Hildage said. "AEDs have become an integral and important part of any emergency medical response program and they add a significant level of medical protection to gatherings such as those of these Games, where many thousands of people will be in attendance each day." so how is that crystal ball?.....actually it's holding up ok....still bouncing from 2.56 CC