Odessa American

CATES: Bystander CPR and AED use

Carol A. Cates, MSN, MBA, RN, is the chief nursing officer at Odessa Regional Medical Center. You can reach her via e-mail at [email protected] I have a love/hate relationship with how healthcare is ...
Healio

Rates of AED use low, even when located near an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the rate of automated external defibrillator use was low.
Yahoo

What is an AED? This medical device can save lives after cardiac arrest.

What is an AED? Here's why it can save lives. (Photo: Getty Images) About 90% of the 350,000 cardiac arrests that happen outside a hospital each year are fatal. However, a simple medical device, an ...
CBS News

How to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) on someone in cardiac arrest

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...
foxbaltimore

Simple instructions to use an AED in an emergency

BALTIMORE, MD (WBFF) — Automated External Defibrillators (AED's) are easy-to-use life-saving devices for people who experience cardiac arrest. They are commonly found in public places, including malls ...
WXYZ

How to perform CPR and use an AED in an emergency; find a class in Michigan

(WXYZ) — In the wake of the medical emergency involving Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, we are making it easier for people to learn how to perform CPR and find a ...
Healio

AED use unchanged with smartphone-dispatched responders to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Smartphone dispatch of volunteer responders for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest researchers conferred a small but ...
TCTMD

Improving AED Use for OHCAs With an App? Neutral Study Shows It’s Complicated

A smartphone app that alerts trained citizens to respond to nearby of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) does not seem to increase the application of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Use of a Drone-Delivered Automated External Defibrillator in an Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Time to recognition of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest at dispatch center 0 min 0 sec‡ Time from dispatch of drone to approval by air traffic control 0 min 20 sec Time from dispatch of drone to drone ...
Business Wire

Survey Reveals Critical Gap: 90% of Americans Want You—the Bystander—to Use an AED to Help Save Their Life in a Cardiac Emergency, But Less Than Half Believe They Have Same ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In advance of National Heart Health Month, and on the heels of the milestone passing of the HEARTS Act, ZOLL® Medical’s Anything Can Happen. Anyone Can Help.™ ...
Healthline

A Quick Guide to Using a Defibrillator

AEDs, or public defibrillators, are designed to be used by anyone. Try to stay calm and follow the directions that the device gives you. Share on Pinterest Aria sandi Hasim/Getty Images A ...