Every year, an estimated 23,000 kids in the U.S. suffer a cardiac arrest, but a nonprofit is working to change that through ...

The Pilot Mountain Police Department received three automated external defibrillators from Novant Health Heart and Vascular Institute and Novant Health Community Engagement, ending a string of unsucce ...

ZOLL AED 3 continues ZOLL's tradition of providing best-in-class AEDs to help improve outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by removing the guesswork for bystanders and giving them the confidence ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

Not too many years ago, the chances of surviving a sudden cardiac event outside of a hospital setting were slim. Realizing the need for a life-saving treatment that could be used almost anywhere, and ...

A public awareness campaign helping the community understand "how to maintain and use defibrillators effectively" is expected ...

MINNEAPOLIS - Medtronic Inc. said Friday it is recalling nearly 2,000 external heart defibrillators used by first responders such as police and firefighters because the devices may not work properly.

DALLAS, Feb. 26, 2018 -- Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when a bystander stepped in to apply an automated external defibrillator (AED) before emergency responders arrived, according to new ...

MAINTAINING an up-to-date register of where defibrillators are positioned could be crucial to saving lives, a local heart charity has said, amid uncertainty over the number and locations of the ...