All schools in Northern Ireland are to receive a defibrillator under plans set to be announced by the education minister.

Sheikh said while there are several types of internal defibrillators, the new one is an extra-vascular cardiac internal defibrillator. It's smaller than other units and, importantly, does not ...

A defibrillator is used to give a high energy electric shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest Lives are being put at risk by people who steal and vandalise defibrillators ...

Defibrillators are medical devices designed to restart the normal beating of a heart in the event of sudden cardiac arrest. The device supplies an electric shock meant to realign erratic electrical ...

Oct. 28 (UPI) --Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch study finds. "Our research shows that every minute of ...

It is well known that acting quickly in the event of a cardiac arrest is important, but what does a quick initial shock with a defibrillator mean exactly for patients' chances of survival?