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

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people experience cardiac arrest outside of hospitals. For most, the odds are grim. Only about 10% survive. But what if a simple change in how we use ...

HORICON - Staff and aides at Van Brunt Elementary/Middle School and Horicon High School are being trained in the use of automatic external defibrillators. The Horicon School District has three of the ...

A Bellevue Police officer used a defibrillator to revive a middle-school teacher after she collapsed Tuesday. On Tuesday, Officer Jay Moriarty was at Highland Middle School when staff reported that a ...

An urgent appeal has been issued for the return of lifesaving equipment that went missing in Coventry City Centre. Coventry Business Improvement District (BID) is urging anyone with information about ...

Three area towns will benefit from $268,800 in federal grants awarded to the state. Ridgefield, Southbury and Kent are among the more than 30 rural towns that will receive the money to pay for ...

Drones could soon be used by the NHS to deliver defibrillators directly to people whose hearts have stopped, potentially reaching patients faster than ambulances and saving more lives. A study by the ...

Owners of a popular home defibrillator have been told to stop using the device immediately and dispose of the units, warning they could cause “serious harm or death” if used now ongoing support is not ...

The new defibrillator, made by Boston Scientific, doesn't require the leads. Instead, it sits just under the skin on the left side of a patient's rib cage near the armpit, and the lead is threaded ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A defibrillator was used to save the life of a student who collapsed during track practice in Hillsborough County. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy ...

Access to a defibrillator and the quick wits of a school nurse and security guard are being credited with saving the life of a substitute teacher who had a heart attack at Edison Preparatory School ...