Reno, Nev.-based tech startup Flirtey is developing a drone service that delivers portable defibrillators to local 911 callers who report symptoms of cardiac arrest, reports CNBC. Here are five things ...

Every year 250,000 people die from cardiac arrest. If you live in Wake County, your chances of surviving are better than most. It is not a matter of new techniques or technology. In fact, common ...

Just one month into the school year, one teen in Dallas died in gym class, four Houston area students collapsed and died during school activities, and an Austin High School student had a close call ...

The Montgomery Police Department will soon be issuing lifesaving equipment to patrol officers. The city has purchased 271 automatic electronic defibrillators from Cardiac Solutions, a company based in ...

Belfast, Northern Ireland - Prof J Frank Pantridge, the Irish cardiologist who developed the first portable defibrillator, died on December 26 at the age of 88. Pantridge was widely regarded as the ...

Most Hamilton County public and private high schools already have an automated external defibrillator on campus ahead of a new Tennessee law that requires those schools to keep the device available ...

Portable defibrillators that shock faltering hearts back to normal rhythms are safe for children ages 1 to 8, according to guidelines published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Assn.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SOMERSET, Pa. – Since becoming Somerset Area Ambulance Association’s chief four years ago, John Jordan has led an effort that put ...