A new observational study suggests the position in which responders initially place the two defibrillator pads on the body may make a significant difference in returning spontaneous blood circulation ...

Approximately 460,000 US deaths occur each year as a result of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOH-CA), making sudden cardiac death the leading cause of death in the United States. An estimated 95% of ...

Joshua Lupton, M.D., has no memory of his own cardiac arrest in 2016. He only knows that first responders resuscitated his heart with a shock from a defibrillator, ultimately leading to his complete ...

The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Nov. 24, studied patient outcomes for three methods of defibrillation: standard defibrillation; double sequential external defibrillation ...

Below is some information about purchasing an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Initial costs for Cardiac Science G5: Quotes for units and supplies will be obtained at the time of purchase due ...

The Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) is advising that a number of Defibtech Automated External Defibrillator (AED) pads supplied to Louth and the wider Irish market have been affixed with ...

Implantable defibrillators and pacemakers have been around since the 1970s, but advances in materials science and 3-D visualization are transforming them from cumbersome life-support tools into ...

A lifesaving defibrillator has been installed at Greenock’s cruise ship terminal after a passenger collapsed outside.

Below is some information about purchasing an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). Initial costs for Cardiac Science G5: Quotes for units and supplies will be obtained at the time of purchase due ...