South Central Ambulance Service urges people to check any publicly accessible defibrillators.

Defibrillators are only useful if they are functioning and registered on The Circuit, the national defibrillator network.

Ever since the defibrillator for home use was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2002, there has been ongoing debate over the appropriateness of owning the ...

School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide ...

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 ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --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. "Our research shows that every minute of ...

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 ...

Defibrillators are only useful if they are functioning and registered on The Circuit, the national defibrillator network.

Because athletes young and old can suffer cardiac arrest, some states have mandated the placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in gyms, stadiums and other sports venues. But a new study ...

(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 ...