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 ...

Having automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in public spaces is no guarantee that they will be used, with a new study showing that less than 10% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) situations ...

Houston ISD will aim to have at least two functioning automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, at each campus, according to a presentation to its District Advisory Committee this week. The district ...

AEDs, or public defibrillators, are designed to be used by anyone. Try to stay calm and follow the directions that the device gives you. Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A ...

The activation of a system to dispatch volunteer responders—done with a smartphone application or text message—is associated with a greater chance that people experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac ...

Just over 200 days since he lay motionless on Paycor Stadium's turf after making a tackle, 25-year-old Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin has returned to Cincinnati to pay it forward. The CPR ...

PLEASANTON, Calif. (September 18, 2024)—The PulsePoint Foundation, a public non-profit 501(c)(3) that builds public safety applications and maintains the Emergency AED Registry, announced today that ...