The connection between Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and the invention of the defibrillator runs deeper than fiction. Written ...

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 ...

Emily Lougheed, 7, died in August 2020 when she collapsed at the beach, due to a rare heart condition that led to a sudden ...

A vest containing a defibrillator may be an option for some heart patients who can't use an implantable defibrillator -- the device that can shock the heart back to a proper rhythm if needed. That's ...

A defibrillator has been installed in a red phone box in Guildford town centre after a businessman bought it for £8,000. The ...

Defibrillators are used when a person is in cardiac arrest to restore a normal heartbeat, but would you know what to do if an alarming incident occurs? According to the British Heart Foundation, there ...

We've seen flying drones designed to deliver food and even beer on command, but a new autonomous aircraft from a non-profit organization in Germany could provide medical equipment to remote areas in ...

While cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, can buy victims time by keeping blood flowing, only the electrical jolt from a defibrillator can restart the heart. Every year, about 220,000 Americans ...

A 14-year-old boy went into cardiac arrest on an American Airlines flight, but couldn't be revived when a doctor tried to use a defibrillator on board, a new lawsuit filed by the boy's mother says.

A man who climbed Mount Everest to install a defibrillator there says the device wound up saving a woman’s life just three weeks afterward. David Sullivan, 62, made the journey to the Himalayas to ...