Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. Photo by Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute ...

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School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide ...

The American Red Cross is now offering an automated external defibrillator (AED) for use in the home. According to the Red Cross, sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives of 250,000 people in the ...

WASHINGTON -- People can soon plunk down $2,295 for an at-home defibrillator in hopes their loved ones will pull it out and save them if their hearts suddenly stop beating. Government approval of the ...

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE - When a member of the audience collapsed Tuesday during a public meeting at the Cape May County Technical High School, the school's security staff rushed to retrieve a portable ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than ...

At least one thousand new public access defibrillators are to be funded in England to help improve survival rates from cardiac arrest. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it would ...

Ahead of National Defibrillator Awareness Day, Magen David Adom urges public training and registration of life-saving devices.