INTRODUCTION: There are more than 356,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests annually, or 1,000 daily, in the United States with nearly 90% of them being fatal. 1 These statistics paint a grim image when ...

Defibrillators are being used in just one in ten cardiac arrests where the lifesaving devices are available, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in ...

Defibrillators are being used in just one in ten cardiac arrests where the lifesaving devices are available, according to new research presented at the British Cardiovascular Society Conference in ...

Defibrillators and pacemakers help the heart maintain a regular rhythm. Defibrillators deliver a shock if the heart goes into arrhythmia. Pacemakers use electrical impulses to keep the heart from ...

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling on all schools to ensure their devices are logged on The Circuit, the UK’s national defibrillator network, which allows ambulance services to quickly ...

Bank of Ireland is continuing the roll out of life-saving defibrillators at each of its branches across Northern Ireland, with Enniskillen ...

Written By: Jo Whalen (Critical Care HCPC Paramedic, NHS Resuscitation Practitioner, and Founder of Project CPR) ...