An estimated 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest deaths occur each year in the U.S. Approximately 10% of those who experience out-of-hospital cardiac events survive. Use of automated external ...

Objective: The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends an automated external defibrillator (AED) be considered for a specific location if there is at least a 20% annual probability the device will ...

In this undated image provided by the Jewish National Fund-USA, Dr. Morton Mower and his wife, Toby, pose for a picture. Dr. Morton Mower, a former Maryland-based cardiologist who helped invent an ...

For cardiac-related emergencies, There over 60 Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) placed throughout the main campus. The 2 models of AEDs that are currently placed across campus for public use: ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Thousands of patients with congestive heart failure benefit from automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators (AICDs) that deliver shocks to the heart to correct abnormal heart rhythms.

They grabbed automatic defibrillators from glass cabinets at O'Hare, Midway and Meigs Field airports and put them to use, according to results of a two-year study published last week in the New ...

Using MEDLINE, the 1966 to 2002 medical literature was searched using key words cardiac arrest, defibrillation or defibrillator, and emergency medical services. Additional articles were obtained by ...