The LifeVest has electrodes that automatically gel when the device is ready to deliver a shock. Making automated external defibrillators (AEDs) may be difficult, but an even bigger challenge is ...

You don't have to be Michael Jackson to have this problem: The odds of surviving cardiac arrest after getting CPR in a hospital are slim and have not improved in more than a decade, a big Medicare ...

Doctors’ leadership in pediatric resuscitation improved most when they wore a blindfold during simulation training In a simulation training study, pediatric team leaders who wore a blindfold improved ...

This article argues for the adoption of a combined lyophilized plasma and platelet product strategy to address critical gaps.

Chicago IL: Dr. Vemuri S. Murthy is an alumnus of Guntur Medical College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (General Surgery), India and Rush University Medical Center (Anesthesiology), Chicago, ...

Durham-based medical device maker 410 Medical has raised a new $8 million round of funding — an influx of cash that will help the young company expand its efforts to increase sales of its device ...

CHELMSFORD, Mass. & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Asahi Kasei Corporation, a diversified Japanese multinational, today announced that its U.S. subsidiary ZOLL Medical Corporation (“ZOLL”), a manufacturer of ...

Teleflex Medical ($TFX) is in the process of recalling 9,333 units of its Hudson RCI manual ventilator for emergency resuscitation because "the intake port may be ...

Patients with acutely life-threatening health conditions who were treated in the innovative Critical Care Resuscitation Unit (CCRU) received faster treatment and had better health outcomes, including ...