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. Photo by Mikhail Nilov/Pexels Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute ...
Recently, I wrote about the dark side of CPR. Despite a common misperception that CPR can rescue almost anyone from the brink of death, most people that receive it don't survive. Of those that do, ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A defibrillator was used to save the life of a student who collapsed during track practice in Hillsborough County. According to the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy ...
Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...
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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 ...
The new defibrillator, made by Boston Scientific, doesn't require the leads. Instead, it sits just under the skin on the left side of a patient's rib cage near the armpit, and the lead is threaded ...
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