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 ...

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

Energy-saving techniques like this within the medical field have important implications. For one, they can help save money.

An emergency-room doctor attaches paddles to a patient's chest and delivers an electric jolt to the heart. That's a defibrillator in action, a desperate attempt to jump-start a heart whose rhythms ...

We report the case of a 51-year-old female who underwent placement of an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) and a biventricular pacemaker and who immediately postoperatively experienced ...

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?

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 ...

was just 13 when she collapsed in her home last February A Coleraine woman whose daughter had a cardiac arrest is calling for owners of defibrillators to register their devices on a national database.