Despite advances in defibrillation technology, shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation remains common during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Double sequential external defibrillation (DSED ...

A physician assistant saved the life of a doctor when she suffered a medical episode midflight and needed a defibrillator shock, avoiding tragedy right after her Hawaiian honeymoon. Emily Haley ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A defibrillator is an emergency medical device that delivers an electric shock to the heart. The shock can bring a heart out of a potentially fatal ...

The defibrillator will begin to automatically analyze the person's heart rhythm to determine if a shock is required. It is important that no contact be made with the person while the defibrillator ...

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 ...

Yeager started taking medicine to keep the unusual heart rhythms at bay and had a defibrillator implanted in her chest. It’s connected to her heart, and if her heart gets into an abnormal rhythm, the ...

He only knows that first responders resuscitated his heart with a shock from a defibrillator, ultimately leading to his complete recovery and putting him among fewer than one in 10 people ...

Kansas City Chiefs backup defensive lineman BJ Thompson is “awake and alert,” his agent told NBC News on Friday, after the athlete suffered a seizure and cardiac arrest on Thursday.