NASHUA – There are nine automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, between the city’s two public high schools for use when someone goes into cardiac arrest. School nurses at Nashua High School North ...

Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in exercising young athletes. Three factors—prompt recognition of SCA, the presence of a trained rescuer to initiate cardiopulmonary ...

WASHINGTON — Those automatic defibrillators that dot every office building, airport and shopping mall around the country? They undoubtedly have saved people who otherwise might have dropped dead from ...

Cardiac arrest, which often leads to a heart attack, is frighteningly common: every minute of every day there is another victim, according to the American Red Cross. Almost 80% of cardiac arrests ...

About 100,000 Americans per year are told they need a sophisticated electronic device implanted in their chest. The device, an implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), delivers a shock when it ...

Automated External Defibrillators (AED) have become common enough in public spaces that we may tend to overlook them, as with fire extinguishers and other common public safety items. But when a person ...

In 2012, 14-year-old Adam Afromsky was playing a state championship soccer game at a Las Vegas soccer complex when he collapsed. Just five minutes into the game, he went into cardiac arrest. An ...

Shah JS and Maisel WH (2006) Recalls and safety alerts affecting automated external defibrillators. JAMA 296: 655–660 Recalls and safety alerts are frequent for automated external defibrillator ...

The ZOLL® AED Plus® continues to set the benchmark for design, dependability, durability, and performance. Only half of sudden cardiac arrest victims will initially need a shock, but all require ...

Several types of defibrillators are used to deliver electric currents to the heart muscles and correct abnormal and life threatening heart rhythms. These tools are used in the healthcare setting such ...