GUILFORD -- The Guilford Free Library staff just learned how to use a cutting edge, life-saving piece of equipment donated by a local business. "Who wants to get shocked this morning?" Louis Iannotti, ...

To add another measure of safety, the Spring school district plans to have all athletic coaches certified in the use of automated external defibrillators by January, said Denise Chuick, a licensed ...

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 ...

(Reuters Health) - Cardiac arrest patients may be more likely to survive and avoid permanent disabilities when bystanders use a defibrillator to treat them before an ambulance arrives, a new study ...

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 ...

(Columbia) Nov. 18, 2005 - A Cardinal Newman student has a new relationship with his teachers. Last month, they saved his life using a defibrillator to shock his heart. Josh Riggins is now laughing ...

The ability to restore normal sinus rhythm to a heart that is totally ineffective due to ventricular fibrillation is one of the many medical advances of the 20th century. An external cardiac ...

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 ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

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 ...