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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coming a couple years after we saw concepts detailing such a device is the US's first defibrillator delivered via drone. The drones will be fitted with easy-to-use equipment that gives anyone near a ...