AEDs, or public defibrillators, are designed to be used by anyone. Try to stay calm and follow the directions that the device gives you. Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A ...

James City County, Virginia joins an AHA-funded study using drones to deliver AEDs to cardiac arrest patients faster than ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than ...

The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case arguing there should be a penalty for failing to use publicly owned defibrillators purchased to help people suffering heart attacks, plaintiffs ...

Despite high accessibility and simple operation, the public still hesitates to use defibrillators. The result can be the loss ...

In the U.K. there are more than 40,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually, but fewer than 10% of people survive. Early CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and use of an Automated External ...

Defibrillators mounted in many public buildings can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest, but they’re almost never used, a new study finds. According to research funded by the National Heart, ...

The defibrillators will be carried in all council refuse vehicles Bin lorries in East Yorkshire have been fitted with Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to help people suffering from a cardiac ...

The defibrillator was installed at Robin’s Bar and was delivered through a partnership involving the staff of Clare Adamson MSP, Murdostoun councillor Robert McKendrick, both the outgoing and incoming ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, can save the life of someone in cardiac arrest, but they're rarely used, new research ...