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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been six days since Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field in front of millions. Many feared the worst. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...