Drones may prove to be a more expedient means of delivering many items, but a number of research projects have demonstrated that dropping defibrillators off to heart attack victims could have ...

The Will County Sheriff’s Department’s recent investment in portable heart defibrillators for some of its patrol cars paid off in a big way last week when two deputies used one to restore the ...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and defibrillation are crucial life-saving techniques that can greatly influence survival rates during emergencies involving sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). The ...

Despite advances in defibrillation technology, shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation remains common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Double sequential external defibrillation (DSED; rapid ...

In a first for medical history, a drone has helped save the life of a cardiac arrest victim. The autonomous drone, created by Everdrone, delivered a defibrillator to a doctor attending a 71-year-old ...

John Deery’s story is nothing short of miraculous and highlights the life-saving importance of defibrillators. An experienced long-distance runner, John was fit and healthy when he took on the Belfast ...

Expert guidelines advocate defibrillation within 2 minutes after an in-hospital cardiac arrest caused by ventricular arrhythmia. However, empirical data on the prevalence of delayed defibrillation in ...

Defibrillation is a procedure used to treat life threatening conditions that affect the rhythm of the heart such as cardiac arrhythmia, ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia.