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 ...
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90% of Americans Want Bystanders to Use AEDs But Less Than 50% Believe They Have Same Responsibility
A new poll revealed a “critical gap” in automated external defibrillator (AED) awareness with most Americans wanting a bystander to use the device to save their life in a cardiac emergency but less ...
October is National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness month, and the City of Madison Fire Department is advocating for learning ...
Putnam County EMS became the first county in the state to implement the PulsePoint App, showing users where the nearest AED is to them in the case of emergency.
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 Public Access to Defibrillation in Transportation Facilities Act of 2025 seeks to improve AED access across airports, ...
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.
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