In a huge step for first aid in the UK, more than 20,000 defibrillators – which are devices that give an electric shock to the heart of a person who is in cardiac arrest – have been delivered to state ...

Introduction: For patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest, prompt return of circulation and ventilation is vitally important for survival. Techniques and devices have been developed to ensure ...

When a heart stops beating, a defibrillator shock needs to be applied within minutes. But for many Canadians, fire trucks and ambulances can't get to the scene fast enough. On average, only 10 per ...

THE founder of the modern paramedic service helped save a man’s life using a defibrillator installed as part of The Argus's Save a Life campaign. Renowned cardiologist Douglas Chamberlain was at a ...

LIFE-SAVING skills using a defibrillator were taught to year six pupils in special sessions at a Worcester school. All of year six at Pitmaston Primary School are now able to use the devices after ...

Access to a defibrillator and the quick wits of a school nurse and security guard are being credited with saving the life of a substitute teacher who had a heart attack at Edison Preparatory School ...

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Three students from Georges-Vanier high school in Montreal are being hailed as heroes after using a defibrillator on a teacher in respiratory distress. Brothers Massinissa and Gaya Berrouche, 16, and ...