(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 ...

Here's more support to show that when a bystander uses a portable defibrillator on someone suffering cardiac arrest in a public place, chances of survival increase markedly. Another big plus: the ...

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. Photo by Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute ...

The family of a 45-year-old father who died after a cardiac arrest hope to install 100 defibrillators in his memory. Billy ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A public-access defibrillator and five clear-headed strangers trained in CPR saved the life of a 70-year-old tourist who collapsed near the San Miguel County ...

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 ...

Ahead of National Defibrillator Awareness Day, Magen David Adom urges public training and registration of life-saving devices.