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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 ...

Dr. Mehmet Oz demonstrates how to operate an automated external defibrillator, which helped save the life of celebrity trainer Bob Harper during a heart attack. When "The Biggest Loser" trainer Bob ...

Mike Papale knows he was lucky. Papale, 28, was 17 when he went into cardiac arrest while working at a Wallingford basketball camp. The building had no automated external defibrillator, nor anyone who ...

Correction Aug. 13, 2010 - An incorrect statistic was published in the article below regarding the number of Americans who die each year from sudden cardiac arrest. That number is nearly 300,000. The ...

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While automated external defibrillators improve survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, an analysis of data indicates their use for cardiac arrest in a hospital does not result in an improved ...

Delhi’s police chief said one of his officers used an automated external defibrillator to save the life of a Delhi woman. According to a Wednesday, March 11 news release from Chief Michael Mills, a ...

A defibrillator saved the life of a high school hockey player in Watertown on March 5, but the state doesn't keep track of which schools have them.

Bin lorries in East Yorkshire have been fitted with Automated External Defibrillators (AED) to help people suffering from a cardiac arrest. Crews have also been given training in using the devices ...

Maryland businesses that opt to have a defibrillator on site have no legal obligation to use it in case of emergency, the state’s second-highest court has held. In its 3-0 decision Tuesday, the Court ...

Two East Yorkshire villages now have a trained lifesaver on every street. St John Ambulance said it believed Bempton and ...