May 12—It's only been a few months since Waseca football coach Brad Wendland was collapsed on the sidelines, desperately in need of medical help as he was hit by sudden cardiac arrest. In the future, ...

Belfast, Northern Ireland - Prof J Frank Pantridge, the Irish cardiologist who developed the first portable defibrillator, died on December 26 at the age of 88. Pantridge was widely regarded as the ...

Every year 250,000 people die from cardiac arrest. If you live in Wake County, your chances of surviving are better than most. It is not a matter of new techniques or technology. In fact, common ...

Avive Solutions has developed a lightweight, portable defibrillator and the Bay Area startup has some fresh cash. Here's what we know. A medical device startup based in Brisbane is raising millions in ...

WASHINGTON -- You can be walking around normally when your heart suddenly stops beating. It takes a mere five seconds to lose consciousness. In 20 seconds, your brain shows it's losing oxygen -- your ...

Emily Cranny, 14, has a congenital heart defect, one that sometimes means her heart stops working properly. A defibrillator implanted more than a year ago already has saved her life once. Now, the ...

They were at home, in the car driving, on the ballfield umpiring and out for a run while training for a marathon. What the four men have in common is they suffered heart attacks. And, they were saved ...

Clever design, close attention to human safety issues, and a top man-machine interface make the Philips HeartStart portable home defibrillator one of the hottest medical electronics devices on the ...