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Calvin University provides an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program on campus to make early defibrillation accessible to students, faculty, staff, and other persons who experience sudden ...

Dozens of students at Troy High School received hands-on training in CPR and automated external defibrillator use, learning life-saving skills in memory of a classmate who died from 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: ...

DALLAS, Feb. 26, 2018 -- Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when a bystander stepped in to apply an automated external defibrillator (AED) before emergency responders arrived, according to new ...

In the UK there are more than 40,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually, but fewer than 10% of people survive. Early CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and use of an Automated External ...

According to a large US cohort study, the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in private homes was associated with a 26% increase in survival in patients with cardiac arrest with shockable ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Yesterday, a 13-year-old girl was struck by ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Tamisha Derks is the owner of Concierge Healthcare Training. She teaches First Aid and CPR to organizations and businesses in the Tampa Bay area. Derks started the business several years ...

A new poll revealed a “critical gap” in automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness with most Americans wanting a bystander to use the device to save their life in a cardiac emergency but less ...

Automated External Defibrillators (AED) have become common enough in public spaces that we may tend to overlook them, as with fire extinguishers and other common public safety items. But when a person ...

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...