All U.S. airliners weighing more than 7,500 pounds with more than one flight attendant will be required to carry automated external defibrillators (AED) within three years, under the terms of a ...

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.

Drones may prove to be a more expedient means of delivering many items, but a number of research projects have demonstrated that dropping defibrillators off to heart attack victims could have ...

The Super Bowl is Sunday when the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Arizona. It's the last game of the 2022 season, a season which almost saw a player from the Buffalo Bills die on ...

A new comprehensive literature review in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology highlights systemic and policy shortcomings of current aviation safety standards, and recommends regulated and mandated ...

Defibrillators use electrical shocks to restore a normal heart rate, especially in cases of life threatening arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest, while pacemakers use low-energy electrical pulses to ...

Newark, NJ, Jan. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As per the report published by Fior Markets, the global automated external defibrillators marketis expected to grow from USD 1.6 Billion in 2017 to USD ...

Shah JS and Maisel WH (2006) Recalls and safety alerts affecting automated external defibrillators. JAMA 296: 655–660 Recalls and safety alerts are frequent for automated external defibrillator ...

Prompt action is of utmost importance during sudden cardiac arrests and knowing how to use a defibrillator can save lives. Dr London explains how they work. Defibrillators are life-saving devices ...

Objective To describe neurological outcomes after sudden cardiac arrests (SCAs) in road and long-distance races using a rapid mobile automated external defibrillator system (RMAEDS) intervention.