School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide ...

A Bellevue Police officer used a defibrillator to revive a middle-school teacher after she collapsed Tuesday. On Tuesday, Officer Jay Moriarty was at Highland Middle School when staff reported that a ...

Access to a defibrillator and the quick wits of a school nurse and security guard are being credited with saving the life of a substitute teacher who had a heart attack at Edison Preparatory School ...

Firth, who founded Public Access Defibrillators UK 13 years ago and has seen his devices help save 33 lives, said he believed ...

The American Red Cross is now offering an automated external defibrillator (AED) for use in the home. According to the Red Cross, sudden cardiac arrest claims the lives of 250,000 people in the ...

A new study shows that training ordinary people to use defibrillators can nearly double a heart attack victim's chances of survival. The heart-shocking devices already are standard equipment in many ...

Defibrillators are being used in just one in ten cardiac arrests where the lifesaving devices are available, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in ...

HORICON - Staff and aides at Van Brunt Elementary/Middle School and Horicon High School are being trained in the use of automatic external defibrillators. The Horicon School District has three of the ...

The survival rate for people who suffer a cardiac arrest in Britain is dire compared to other developed countries around the world. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with ...

Blair Casey, from Banknock, has already helped facilitate community centres in Dennyloanhead and Banknock install community defibrillators outside their premises and has now raised enough cash to pay ...