Defibrillation is the most effective way to treat SCA and must be done within six minutes after a heart attack, according to the Ginsberg American Journal of Emergency Medicine. Without immediate ...

The LifeVest by Zoll is a defibrillator that a person can wear. A cardiac life vest can send electrical pulses to the heart to attempt to restart it after cardiac arrest. LifeVest is a device that can ...

North Shore University Hospital’s cardiology team became the first to complete a procedure using the novel OmniaSecure defibrillation lead on Jan. 7, a landmark in the field of electrophysiology. The ...

As of January this year, Aotearoa New Zealand became just the second country (after Canada) to adopt a groundbreaking new procedure for patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Known as “double ...

Procedure Contact: Senior Executive Advisor to the Vice Chancellor for Public Safety Automated external defibrillator (AED): A medical device that can analyze the heart's rhythm and, if necessary, ...

WASHINGTON – The group that has direct oversight of Metro safety says it is stepping in after a passenger died when a defibrillator failed to work. A 51-year-old man died last week after he had an ...