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About 90% of the 350,000 cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital each year are fatal. However, a simple medical device, an automated external defibrillator (AED), can save lives. According to ...

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In the UK there are more than 40,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually, but fewer than 10% of people survive.

A new poll revealed a “critical gap” in automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness with most Americans wanting a bystander to use the device to save their life in a cardiac emergency but less ...

With the cameras running and millions of football fans watching, Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field after a tackle and went into cardiac arrest. The cameras also captured moments ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Smartphone dispatch of volunteer responders for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest researchers conferred a small but ...

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A smartphone app that alerts trained citizens to respond to nearby of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) does not seem to increase the application of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), ...