Public to be urged to help care for defibrillators

A public awareness campaign helping the community understand "how to maintain and use defibrillators effectively" is expected ...
UPI

Rapid defibrillator use saves lives from cardiac arrest, study finds

Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. "Our research shows that every minute of ...
Chicago Tribune

Southland high school officials differ on level of state guidance needed for defibrillator training, availability

School districts in the south and southwest suburbs have different numbers of automated external defibrillators available, but officials have different opinions on whether the state should provide ...
NBC Connecticut

Defibrillator Glitches Spur Tighter FDA Safety Rules

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring makers of heart-zapping defibrillators to submit more data on the emergency care devices after years of recalls and manufacturing problems.
Jersey Evening Post

Accurate defibrillators register could “save lives”, say charity

MAINTAINING an up-to-date register of where defibrillators are positioned could be crucial to saving lives, a local heart charity has said, amid uncertainty over the number and locations of the ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

FDA Clears Novel Wearable Defibrillator to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Credit: Element Sciences. The system uses a proprietary algorithm to detect and classify shockable arrhythmias. The Jewel Patch-WCD is designed to be worn continuously for up to a week at a time ...
Chicago Sun-Times

More training in CPR, use of defibrillators would save lives

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Fifty defibrillators installed in son's memory

A family has installed 50 defibrillators in rural communities, in memory of a father who died from a cardiac arrest. Billy Morley, 45 and from Cleator Moor, Cumbria, was at a friend's stag-do in ...
NBC New York

Hackers Could Take Over Some Implanted Defibrillators: FDA

The world's largest medical device company has acknowledged that many of its implanted cardiac defibrillators use an unencrypted wireless protocol that could allow an attacker to change the settings ...
Townsville Bulletin

CellAED home defibrillators recalled over fears they could cause ‘serious harm or death’

Owners of a popular home defibrillator have been told to stop using the device immediately and dispose of the units, warning they could cause “serious harm or death” if used now ongoing support is not ...
SpaceNews

NASA Selects LIFEPAK(R) 1000 Defibrillator from Physio-Control as First Automated External Defibrillator in Space

Physio-Control of Redmond, Wash., today announced the LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator has been deployed on the International Space Station (ISS) as the first automated external defibrillator (AED) in space ...