What is an AED? Here's why it can save lives. (Photo: Getty Images) About 90% of the 350,000 cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital each year are fatal. However, a simple medical device, an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In advance of National Heart Health Month, and on the heels of the milestone passing of the HEARTS Act, ZOLL® Medical’s Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help.™ ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz demonstrates how to operate an automated external defibrillator, which helped save the life of celebrity trainer Bob Harper during a heart attack. When "The Biggest Loser" trainer Bob ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...

Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when a bystander stepped in to apply an automated external defibrillator (AED) before emergency responders arrived, according to new research in the American Heart ...

TORONTO, Ohio — According to a new study, less than 5 percent of the public feels comfortable using an Automatic Electronic Defibrillator, or an AED, when someone has a heart attack. The study from ...

Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when bystanders stepped in to use a publicly-available automated external defibrillator rather than wait until emergency responders arrived. The study showed that ...

What started as just another gym class at Holston Middle School turned into the unexpected when a child went into cardiac arrest. "We came outside and we were doing one warm up lap before our activity ...

The Peyton Walker Foundation was named for Peyton Walker, who on November 2, 2013, at age 19, passed away unexpectedly due to a sudden cardiac arrest incident (SCA). Peyton, a 2012 Trinity High School ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A visitor from Washington state said it is a miracle that he is alive. On Friday, Oct. 1, Patrick Barrett was getting ready to fly back home from Ellison Onizuka Kona International ...