Most out-of-hospital cardiac arrests are caused by ventricular fibrillation or pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Electrical defibrillation is the only effective therapy for these Prompt ...

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 ...

There are automated external defibrillator (AED) machines all over Windsor-Essex — but in an emergency, you might not know where to find one. That's where PulsePoint AED comes in: It's an app that ...

and Disaster Management Agency's ``Current Status of Emergency Rescue 2021'', the number of patients who were injured due to cardiogenic cardiopulmonary failure witnessed by the general public in 2021 ...

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — Automated External Defibrillators (AED's) are easy-to-use life-saving devices for people who experience cardiac arrest. They are commonly found in public places, including malls ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To mark the kick-off of Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month this October, ZOLL ® Medical, an Asahi Kasei company that manufactures medical devices and related ...