(Reuters Health) - Older children in cardiac arrest are more likely than younger kids to have a bystander use a defibrillator to treat them before an ambulance arrives, a U.S. study suggests. The ...

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. Photo by Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute ...

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 ...

Maryland businesses that opt to have a defibrillator on site have no legal obligation to use it in case of emergency, the state’s second-highest court has held. In its 3-0 decision Tuesday, the Court ...

As a mother of six children, four of whom play soccer, Jennifer Dunaway is not only a soccer mom but a soccer referee, a soccer administrator and a trainer. “For me to know that these fields are not ...

PINE BLUFF -- The Pine Bluff Aquatic Center has received a new tool to aid lifeguards and other personnel in providing aid in the event of medical emergencies -- an Automated External Defibrillator.

The defibrillator has now been placed at the Premier convenience store in Appley Bridge and could be used to restart the ...

An urgent appeal has been issued for the return of lifesaving equipment that went missing in Coventry City Centre. Coventry Business Improvement District (BID) is urging anyone with information about ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A public-access defibrillator and five clear-headed strangers trained in CPR saved the life of a 70-year-old tourist who collapsed near the San Miguel County ...

NEWTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Newton police officers are being credited with saving the life of a man who went into cardiac arrest and collapsed on a sidewalk in the city on Monday. Officer David Schaefer ...

James Gee, like other Houston Airport Security personnel, sat through emergency training last year with hopes that he wouldn't have to use the skill. That all changed June 6 when Gee and two ...