Exhibit(a)(1)(C)

Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

for

Offer to Purchase for Cash

All Outstanding Shares of Common Stock

of

ZOLL Medical Corporation

at

$93.00 Net Per Share

by

Asclepius Subsidiary Corporation

an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of

Asahi Kasei Corporation

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2012, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED.

Do not use for signature guarantees

This form of notice of guaranteed delivery, or a form substantially equivalent to this form, must be used to accept the offer of Asclepius Subsidiary Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (“Purchaser”) and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Corporation, a corporation organized in Japan (“Asahi Kasei”), to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Shares”), including the associated preferred stock purchase rights issued under the ZOLL Shareholder Rights Agreement (as described in the Offer to Purchase), of ZOLL Medical Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation (“ZOLL”), at a price of $93.00 per Share, net to the seller in cash (the “Offer Price”), without interest thereon and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 26, 2012 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”) enclosed herewith, if certificates for Shares and all other required documents cannot be delivered to Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the “Depositary”) prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase), if the procedure for delivery by book-entry transfer cannot be completed prior to the Expiration Date, or if time will not permit all required documents to reach the Depositary prior to the Expiration Date.

Such form may be delivered by hand or transmitted via facsimile or mailed to the Depositary and must include a guarantee by an Eligible Institution (as defined below). See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

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The Depositary for the Offer is:

By Overnight Courier:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. Attn: Corporate Actions Voluntary Offer 250 Royall Street, Suite V Canton, MA 02021 By Hand or Overnight Mail:
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. Attn: Corporate Actions Voluntary Offer P.O. Box 43011 Providence, RI 02940-3011

DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution under the instructions thereto, such signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.

The guarantee on page 4 must be completed.

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to Asclepius Subsidiary Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Asahi Kasei Corporation, a corporation organized in Japan, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 26, 2012 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (which, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer”), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Shares”), of ZOLL Medical Corporation, a Massachusetts corporation, indicated below pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase.

Number of Shares Tendered:____________________	Name(s) of Record Owner(s): _______________
Share Certificate Numbers (if available):
___________________________________________	_________________________________________
___________________________________________	_________________________________________
	(Please Type or Print)
If Shares will be delivered by book-entry transfer:	Address(es):_______________________________
Name of Tendering Institution: _________________	_________________________________________
	(Including Zip Code)
DTC Participant Number: _____________________	Area Code and Telephone Number:
Transaction Code Number: ____________________	_________________________________________
Date:                 , 2012	Signature(s):
	_________________________________________
	_________________________________________

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GUARANTEE

(Not to be used for signature guarantee)

The undersigned, a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association Incorporated, including the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (each, an “Eligible Institution”), hereby guarantees that either the certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into the Depositary’s account at The Depository Trust Company (pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually executed facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase)) and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, will be received by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth above within three (3) NASDAQ Global Select Market trading days after the date of execution hereof.

The Eligible Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal, Share Certificates and/or any other required documents to the Depositary within the time period shown above. Failure to do so could result in a financial loss to such Eligible Institution.

Name of Firm:

Address:
	(Including Zip Code)

Area Code and

Telephone Number:

Authorized Signature:

Name:
	(Please Type or Print)
Title:
Dated:	, 2012

NOTE: DO NOT SEND SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. SHARE CERTIFICATES ARE TO BE DELIVERED WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

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