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 ...

A distributor of supplies and equipment for emergency medicine says it's rounding out its offerings with the acquisition of a company that trains rescuers in first aid techniques such as CPR and ...

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 ...

CHICAGO (AP) — It sounds futuristic: drones carrying heart defibrillators swooping in to help bystanders revive people stricken by cardiac arrest. Researchers tested the idea and found drones arrived ...

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