Comments on: Mysterious rash of defibrillator thefts http://cardiosolv.com/mysterious-rash-of-defibrillator-thefts/ Personalized Cardiac Simulation Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:15:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrick Kerrigan http://cardiosolv.com/mysterious-rash-of-defibrillator-thefts/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Patrick Kerrigan Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:32:18 +0000 http://cardiosolv.com/?p=245#comment-131 I am a former detective with the Veterans Administration Police in Chicago. I have been researching stolen medical equipment from hospitals for a number of years. These thefts have been going on for a number of years. In fact hospitals in Florida were hit real hard in 1998. The hottest items are endoscopes, ultrasound equipment such as machines or their individual probes, and heart monitors/defibrillators. Also AED's are becoming a hot item, with at least 81 of them being stolen world wide since 2001. That an approximate number. It appears that some of them are being stolen for their lithium batteries. Lithium is an ingredient in the production of meth. I am a former detective with the Veterans Administration Police in Chicago. I have been researching stolen medical equipment from hospitals for a number of years. These thefts have been going on for a number of years. In fact hospitals in Florida were hit real hard in 1998. The hottest items are endoscopes, ultrasound equipment such as machines or their individual probes, and heart monitors/defibrillators.

Also AED’s are becoming a hot item, with at least 81 of them being stolen world wide since 2001. That an approximate number. It appears that some of them are being stolen for their lithium batteries. Lithium is an ingredient in the production of meth.

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