Having an automatic external defibrillator (AED) in a private home does appear to increase the likelihood of survival in ...

According to the Red Cross, sudden cardiac arrest is a leading cause of death in the U.S., but a local initiative in Southwest Louisiana is working to change that by empowering the community with life ...

Previous research in mice has shown that the longer this interval is, the longer the time before ROSC is achieved. Eftestøl et al wanted to determine whether similar hands-off intervals in humans ...

This release is also available in Chinese on EurekAlert! Chinese. While automated external defibrillators improve survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, an analysis of data indicates their use ...

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to people without any known heart disease, or to those who have some conditions such as ...

Morgan County Schools is hoping to gradually switch to a new kind of automatic external defibrillator on its campuses to potentially save lives in cases of cardiac arrest. An AED is a portable device ...

In 2023, the most recent year with complete data, there were 385 reported instances of SCA in high school athletes, up ...