According to a large US cohort study, the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in private homes was associated with a 26% increase in survival in patients with cardiac arrest with shockable ...

Calvin University provides an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program on campus to make early defibrillation accessible to students, faculty, staff, and other persons who experience sudden ...

Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday signed into law a bill that will require that automated external defibrillators (AEDs) be ...

Researchers have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with suspected cardiac arrest. In more than half of the cases, the ...

New legislation is ensuring cardiac safety in school sports. Senator Rosemary M. Brown (R-40) announced on Wednesday that ...

An automated external defibrillator (AED) is a device widely available in public which acts to defibrillate (cardiovert) a patient out of serious heart rhythm disorders, frequently ventricular ...

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 ...

A new legislation has been signed into Pennsylvania law to combat sudden cardiac arrest, the leading cause of death in young ...

A teenage athlete was taken to the hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest Monday evening during a track meet at Huntley ...