Your heart’s job is to keep your pulse steady to pump blood throughout your body. Sometimes your heart rate is slower when you’re relaxing, and sometimes it’s faster when you’re exercising or stressed ...

In a huge step for first aid in the UK, more than 20,000 defibrillators – which are devices that give an electric shock to the heart of a person who is in cardiac arrest – have been delivered to state ...

Up and down the country you can access defibrillators, and most areas should have easy access to one. They are potentially life-saving if someone suddenly suffers cardiac arrest - you never know when ...

There are over 17,000 defibrillators located across England, each with potential to save a life. Analysis shows that survival of a cardiac arrest when shocked using a nearby defibrillator is 67 ...

A man whose life was saved by a defibrillator has been highlighting the work of charities which ensure the devices are ready in an emergency. Sean McLaughlin was taking part in a charity boxing fight ...

The decommissioned phonebox outside my local corner shop has been turned into a defibrillator station. That’s part of a broader BT and The Community HeartBeat Trust scheme to get more life-saving ...

Sean McLaughlin said he owes his life to the actions of first aiders A man whose life was saved by a defibrillator has been highlighting the work of charities which ensure the devices are ready in an ...