What is an AED? Here's why it can save lives. (Photo: Getty Images) About 90% of the 350,000 cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital each year are fatal. However, a simple medical device, an ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - After collapsing on the field during Monday Night Football, crews used an AED to help resuscitate Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. So what happens if you find yourself in ...

What started as just another gym class at Holston Middle School turned into the unexpected when a child went into cardiac arrest. "We came outside and we were doing one warm up lap before our activity ...

If there were an emergency, would YOU know how to perform CPR or use an AED? Every year there are more than 350,000 instances of cardiac arrest in the U.S. 70% of those occur in homes, meaning you’re ...

You’ve probably seen one at the airport, your doctor’s office, or maybe the mall. That white, windowed box jutting out from the wall that holds an automated external defibrillator, or AED. AEDs are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.

(WXYZ) — In the wake of the medical emergency involving Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, we are making it easier for people to learn how to perform CPR and find a ...

The Peyton Walker Foundation was named for Peyton Walker, who on November 2, 2013, at age 19, passed away unexpectedly due to a sudden cardiac arrest incident (SCA). Peyton, a 2012 Trinity High School ...

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...

WEST ALLIS -- A trip to the grocery store likely saved a West Allis man's life. When he went into sudden cardiac arrest, the staff at the Pick 'N Save on 108th and Cleveland used a life-saving tool ...

Little did Mike DiCristina know but a bee sting would result in he and two coworkers helping to save a man’s life. Had the Naperville Park District park specialist not been stung on the morning of ...