According to a large US cohort study, the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in private homes was associated with a 26% increase in survival in patients with cardiac arrest with shockable ...

An estimated 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths occur each year in the U.S. Approximately 10% of those who experience out-of-hospital cardiac events survive. Use of automated external ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest, but they're rarely used, new research ...

Developing a capacitor for the "world’s smallest AED" showed that reducing the size of critical components may actually ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bystander use of automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, for witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests remains low despite ...

The students found and logged more than 2,500 AEDs around the world.

To further support community safety and emergency preparedness, Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital recently donated automated ...

DALLAS – Dec. 4, 2001 – Automated external defibrillators, portable 4-pound devices used to restore cardiac activity after sudden cardiac arrest, have the potential to save as many as 50,000 lives ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A county in North Carolina began using drones to deliver AEDs for suspected cardiac arrest. With plans for ...

Kathy Sherlock has seen firsthand how one small machine can make the difference between life and death. Her 31-year-old brother died in 1998 after his heart stopped while waiting for a table at a ...

Robbie Levine died what doctors call a preventable death at just 9 years old. Now, his mother is standing with Nassau County legislators as they push to pass "Robbie's Law" to make sure no other child ...