Automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators (AICDs) deliver shocks to the heart to correct arrythmias. They do so based on electrocardiogram data. Researchers have now shown that an AICD can be ...

ST. LOUIS — After Blues player Jay Bouwmeester suffered what the team called a "cardiac event" during Tuesday's game, 5 On Your Side asked the Rapid Response Team at Saint Louis University Hospital to ...

Beginning in 2026, new spaces with an occupancy of 100 people or more will be required to have an automated external ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.NASHVILLE, Tenn. — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee’s new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external ...

Not too many years ago, the chances of surviving a sudden cardiac event outside of a hospital setting were slim. Realizing the need for a life-saving treatment that could be used almost anywhere, and ...

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: ...

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 ...

When someone’s heart stops working, it is known as sudden cardiac arrest. It causes blood to stop flowing to the brain and other organs. Sudden cardiac arrest can cause a person to die within minutes.

DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) — Automatic defibrillators that can used when a person is having a cardiac emergency are coming to several public parks in Dublin. The city and Washington Township announced the ...

For the second time in three years, a man who believes a defibrillator arrived too late to help his own son has used the device to save a life. Dr. Craig Levine, an oral surgeon from Merrick, was at a ...