Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch ...

Ever since the defibrillator for home use was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2002, there has been ongoing debate over the appropriateness of owning the ...

The use of publicly accessible defibrillators has more than doubled during the recent heatwave, South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) has said. Organisations and businesses responsible for the ...

July 21, 2003 — Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) differ in ease of use by lay people, according to the results of a trial published in the July issue of Resuscitation. In this trial of three ...

(Reuters Health) - Cardiac arrest patients may be more likely to survive and avoid permanent disabilities when bystanders use a defibrillator to treat them before an ambulance arrives, a new study ...

New Palm Beach County Fire Rescue cardiac protocol uses dual defibrillators to help save lives ...

The commanding officer of the Order of Malta in Wexford has said that modern day defibrillators are actually quite easy to use and are designed so that somebody with no medical expertise can pick them ...

The Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it will require makers of heart-zapping defibrillators to submit more data on the emergency devices after years of recalls and manufacturing problems.

Adhesive gel electrodes are commonly used with the automated and semi-automated units used in ambulance or non-hospital settings due to their ease of application. These adhesive gel electrodes are ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --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. "Our research shows that every minute of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ambulance emergency call operators can direct people to use publicly accessible defibrillators [Getty Images] The use of publicly ...

Ambulance emergency call operators can direct people to use publicly accessible defibrillators The use of publicly accessible defibrillators has more than doubled during the recent heatwave, South ...