Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is the most time-sensitive medical emergency. Hamlin wears jersey No. 3, and his story underscores three key steps that define an effective response ...

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 ...

HeartHero announced today that its Premarket Approval (PMA) application for Elliot, the company’s connected Automated External Defibrillator (AED), has been submitted to and accepted for review by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is well known that acting quickly in the event of a cardiac arrest is important, but what does a quick initial shock with a defibrillator mean exactly for patients' chances of survival? Researchers ...

A $50,000 Walbridge grant equips deputies with advanced AEDs to strengthen early defibrillation in underserved parts of ...

A survivor of a sudden cardiac arrest has helped to install a new public defibrillator on his garage wall - the same kind of device that saved his life. Ramsbottom man John Pearson, of Tanners Street, ...

Some emergencies end in tragedy, but a coordinated response to a cardiac arrest call at about 2 a.m. ended with a life saved and six first responders honored.Th ...

A vacation in the Florida Panhandle turned into a fight for survival for an Ohio man after he went into cardiac arrest in ...

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 ...