Accustomed to icing sore arms or wrapping swollen feet, Hal Hilmer, 43, an athletic trainer for Hersey High School in Arlington Heights, recently has been trained to jump-start hearts. By the end of ...

A Dutch engineer has created a flying defibrillator for emergency situations. The drone, called the Ambulance Drone, would be stationed at various points in the city. In an emergency, people on the ...

CHICAGO – Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can CPR – and at a much lower cost. That’s the bottom line from the first test of using ...

Survival from cardiac arrest doubled when bystanders stepped in to use a publicly-available automated external defibrillator rather than wait until emergency responders arrived. The study showed that ...

Access to an automated external defibrillator can be critical when responding to a heart attack victim, especially in rural communities where an emergency responder may be minutes away. Now, residents ...

A Falkirk man, who promotes first aid and improving defibrillator access in our communities, has been recognised at the ...