Defibrillators talk to the user, Couwenhoven said, so someone who hasn’t been trained can use the machines. The machine won’t deliver a shock to the person unless one is needed, he said.

The pair were able to use a portable defibrillator and the automatic CPR machine to keep Zacharias alive, even when he went into cardiac arrest a second time. "In my career when I get a patient ...

Multiple parks now have automated external defibrillator machines installed, a move aimed at saving valuable time during cardiac emergencies. Martin County Fire Rescue has installed 34 of these ...

An AED is an Automated External Defibrillator machine that is used to treat cardiac arrest, a life-threatening condition where the heart suddenly stops beating properly.

How to use an AED in cases of cardiac arrest It's been six days since Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field in front of millions. Many feared the worst. But just two days after ...

Local Little leagues are gifted automated external defibrillator machines at Polar Park on Friday. Ralph Thibodeau, far right, gets emotional as he tragically lost his son Josh to cardiac arrest ...

Accurate Molded Plastics Inc., Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (www.accurateplastics.com) worked closely with defibrillator maker, Medtronic Physio-Control, Redmond, Wash. (www.physio-control.com) to drop ...

The ICD study, conducted by researchers at Population Health Research Institute (PHRI), has demonstrated that a new type of cardiac defibrillator called a subcutaneous (S-ICD) reduced patient ...