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ZOLL PocketCPR for iPhone Training App First to Support New 2010 AHA/ERC/ILCOR Guidelines

Since it first debuted at the 2009 AHA Scientific Sessions, the training app has been downloaded more than 100,000 times. In addition to meeting the new recommendations, this new version offers more comprehensive instructions in CPR training.

With this latest version and iPhone instructor, users can effectively practice CPR at the new recommended depth of chest compressions of at least 2 inches (5cm) and the proper rate of at least 100 compressions per minute. The training app provides clear visual and audio step-by-step coaching on CPR performance and includes the initial steps to follow in the Chain of Survival. Using Real CPR Help, the same proprietary technology found in all ZOLL defibrillators and AEDs, PocketCPR for iPhone provides CPR training with real-time feedback on the depth and rate of chest compressions.

While the PocketCPR app is free, it also offers expanded CPR training content as an in-app (app within an app) purchase. This CPR training program contains videos, written and practical evaluations, and the opportunity to acquire a CPR course completion certificate. It features nine video modules that teach the important steps of the latest guidelines as well as review and test questions that will reinforce and evaluate one's knowledge of CPR. The program also measures the student's ability to perform chest compressions and help perfect this skill using sophisticated algorithms and the phone's accelerometer as the instructor. The app integrates elements of social media as well, allowing users to directly post their CPR training accomplishments to Facebook and Twitter to encourage others to also learn CPR.

Over a million people worldwide die each year from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). It is believed that over 70 percent of the time SCA occurs in the presence of a family member or acquaintance. Delivery of high quality chest compressions to a victim of SCA can mean the difference between life and death.

"PocketCPR for iPhone can be used in CPR training programs or for individual practice at any time. The app will prepare both professionals and lay rescuers to perform CPR for victims of sudden cardiac arrest," said Mark Totman, President of Bio-Detek, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ZOLL that developed and manufactures the PocketCPR for the iPhone. "The updated app now has all-new graphics and is user selectable for multiple languages and metric units, and AHA, ERC/ILCOR CPR Guidelines."

The PocketCPR app is available without charge through the iTunes App Store and can be found at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocketcpr/id334738473. The PocketCPR expanded CPR training content is available as an in-app purchase for $3.99. For more information and a video demonstration, click on www.pocketcpr.com/iphone.html.

About ZOLL Medical Corporation

ZOLL Medical Corporation develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and monitoring, circulation and CPR feedback, data management, fluid resuscitation, and therapeutic temperature management, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies that help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, and lay rescuers treat victims needing resuscitation and critical care.

A NASDAQ Global Select company and a Forbes 100 Most Trustworthy Company in 2007, 2008, and 2009, ZOLL develops and manufactures its products in the United States, in California, Colorado, Illinois, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. More than 400 direct sales and service representatives, 1,100 business partners, and 200 independent representatives serve our customers in over 140 countries around the globe. For more information, visit www.zoll.com.

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