Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...

INTRODUCTION: There are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, or 1,000 daily, in the United States with nearly 90% of them being fatal. 1 These statistics paint a grim image when ...

A family has installed 50 defibrillators in rural communities, in memory of a father who died from a cardiac arrest. Billy ...

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 ...

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 ...