A report from the Resuscitation Council UK found one-in-four people survived a cardiac arrest in hospital, while the British ...

CHICAGO – Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can CPR – and at a much lower cost. That’s the bottom line from the first test of using ...

Accustomed to icing sore arms or wrapping swollen feet, Hal Hilmer, 43, an athletic trainer for Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, recently has been trained to jump-start hearts. By the end of ...

A distributor of supplies and equipment for emergency medicine says it's rounding out its offerings with the acquisition of a company that trains rescuers in first aid techniques such as CPR and ...

A Falkirk man, who promotes first aid and improving defibrillator access in our communities, has been recognised at the ...

A Dutch engineer has created a flying defibrillator for emergency situations. The drone, called the Ambulance Drone, would be stationed at various points in the city. In an emergency, people on the ...

Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when bystanders stepped in to use a publicly-available automated external defibrillator rather than wait until emergency responders arrived. The study showed that ...