What is an AED? Here's why it can save lives. (Photo: Getty Images) About 90% of the 350,000 cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital each year are fatal. However, a simple medical device, an ...
Using an AED kit within the first few minutes of cardiac arrest can double or triple a person's chances of survival.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - After collapsing on the field during Monday Night Football, crews used an AED to help resuscitate Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. So what happens if you find yourself in ...
Flight crew members should be trained in how to use automated external defibrillators to improve survival in case of sudden, ...
The PulsePoint Foundation and ZOLL are launching the “Anyone Can Register” initiative to crowdsource AED locations into the ...
Drone-delivered automated external defibrillators may improve survival of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and one county in North Carolina has partnered with a local institution to elevate its ...
The PulsePoint Foundation, a public non-profit 501(c)(3) that builds public safety applications and maintains the National Emergency AED Registry (NEAR), and ZOLL®, an Asahi Kasei company that ...
SPRINGVILLE, N.Y.- Two Erie County Sheriff's deputies saved the life of a 67-year-old man by using an AED and performing CPR. The sheriff's office says Deputies Robert Ellis and Richard Lundberg Jr.
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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.
You’ve probably seen one at the airport, your doctor’s office, or maybe the mall. That white, windowed box jutting out from the wall that holds an automated external defibrillator, or AED. AEDs are ...
LAUREL, Md. (WJZ) – Laurel Police officers saved a man who they found lying face down and not breathing in the middle of the road on the 500 block of 8th street. It was the first time officers have ...