Every year 250,000 people die from cardiac arrest. If you live in Wake County, your chances of surviving are better than most. It is not a matter of new techniques or technology. In fact, common ...

Emily Cranny, 14, has a congenital heart defect, one that sometimes means her heart stops working properly. A defibrillator implanted more than a year ago already has saved her life once. Now, the ...

The Department of Public Safety purchased two automated external defibrillators to dispatch in their police cruisers two months ago as part of an ongoing initiative to prepare officers for a broad ...

In an effort to provide quicker, potentially life-saving responses, Grant County Hospital District No. 7, Royal City and Grant County Fire District No. 10-11 have teamed up to put portable ...

Portable defibrillator company Avive Solutions raised $56.5 million in growth equity financing to build out its staff and commercial developments. The company has established a network of connected ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Farmers’ Market on Broadway will receive a portable Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on-site thanks to a grant from AARP. AARP announced the market has been selected to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Placing portable defibrillators in schools and other busy public spaces could get timely, possibly life-saving, treatment to many people whose hearts stop beating, ...

CONCORD, N.H. -- It's called House Bill 911 for a reason. It can save lives. The proposal would put the state on record as encouraging schools to obtain portable defibrillators -- which can be the ...

SOMERSET, Pa. – Since becoming Somerset Area Ambulance Association’s chief four years ago, John Jordan has led an effort that put 75 portable defibrillators in homes, restaurants and businesses ...

WASHINGTON -- You can be walking around normally when your heart suddenly stops beating. It takes a mere five seconds to lose consciousness. In 20 seconds, your brain shows it's losing oxygen -- your ...