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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

As a mother of six children, four of whom play soccer, Jennifer Dunaway is not only a soccer mom but a soccer referee, a soccer administrator and a trainer. “For me to know that these fields are not ...

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 ...

May 12—It's only been a few months since Waseca football coach Brad Wendland was collapsed on the sidelines, desperately in need of medical help as he was hit by sudden cardiac arrest. In the future, ...

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...

After spending the week visiting his family in Phoenix, 73-year-old Benjamin Boxerbaum stood at the airport ticket counter awaiting his flight home, when he suddenly collapsed. The paramedics were ...

Cardiac Science Inc. of Irvine, moving to capitalize on the burgeoning demand for defibrillator machines that are cropping up at malls, airports and other public sites, is acquiring a leading ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky's public schools would have to purchase portable defibrillators under a bill that has passed the state House of Representatives. Lawmakers approved House bill 252 by a ...