The MV Pulse Project, a nonprofit initiative focused on making automated external defibrillators (AED) more accessible on the Island, announced in an update last week that the group donated five AEDs ...

A clinical trial seeks to answer if high-tech drones can be the difference between life and death for patients going into cardiac arrest.

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: ...

“Ensuring coaches are trained in CPR and AED use is not an extra burden. It's a critical safety standard,” Tirevold said ...

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The base-case analysis assumes a 20% annual probability of cardiac arrest at the site of each deployed AED (1 arrest every 5 years). Under this condition, the model demonstrates that AED deployment ...

“The doctor said without that, I’d be gone,” Brandon Tucker said. “My kids would be without a father.” ...

Kathy Sherlock has seen firsthand how one small machine can make the difference between life and death. Her 31-year-old brother died in 1998 after his heart stopped while waiting for a table at a ...

RENO, Nev. – Mike Shirley had strapped on his backpack and was ready to leave the Double Diamond Athletic Club he owns when a breathless staff member told him a member had collapsed in a racquetball ...

Blog Sponsored by Taylor & Carls, P.A. According to the American Red Cross, once a person suffers cardiac arrest, every minute that passes before returning the heart to a normal rhythm decreases the ...

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 ...