Based on previous studies, American Heart Association resuscitation guidelines advise minimizing interruptions to chest compressions to 10 seconds or less. A shorter pause in CPR just before a ...

Among patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF), survival to hospital discharge was more frequent with double sequential external defibrillation (DSED) and vector-change (VC) ...

Manual defibrillators are also sometimes known as multifunction devices, as they can often do many other things as well as manual defibrillation. Most models can also be used in AED mode to enable ...

Automatic external defibrillators are becoming widely used in many walks of life, including supermarkets and airports. Automatic external defibrillators provide an essential part of the chain of life ...

After receiving 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its professional defibrillator, the Tempus LS-Manual, Philips today launched its remote-monitoring and defibrillator ...

A wearable defibrillator can prevent sudden death in people with dangerous heart arrhythmias, according to new research. A wearable defibrillator can prevent sudden death in people with dangerous ...

A shorter pause in CPR just before a defibrillator delivered an electric shock to a cardiac arrest victim's heart significantly increased survival, according to a new study. A shorter pause in CPR ...

A shorter pause in CPR just before a defibrillator delivered an electric shock to a cardiac arrest victim's heart significantly increased survival, according to a study in Circulation: Journal of the ...