Orlando, Fl - Training laypersons to use automated external defibrillators (AEDs) placed in a variety of public settings led to a doubling in the number of survivors of cardiac arrest in the world's ...

Cost-effectiveness of external defibrillator therapy also requires a good deal of scrutiny. Although the cost of purchasing, training, and maintenance of a defibrillator should be under $3000, in many ...

More than one million deaths each year in the United States are attributed to cardiovascular disease. Over one fourth of these deaths are caused by sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)—particularly as a result ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wider dissemination of portable defibrillators in Japan's schools, workplaces and other public venues has increased the number of people who survive cardiac arrest, ...

BOSTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Nearly a third of patients with misfiring or quivering hearts in U.S. hospitals do not get the life-saving defibrillator shocks they need within the critical first two ...

Montgomery County Fire Chief Tom Carr and others will be recognizing and celebrating with several individuals involved in Public Access Defibrillation saves. All were involved in what the American ...