South Central Ambulance Service urges people to check any publicly accessible defibrillators.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every minute spent waiting for a first shock from a defibrillator cuts the odds of surviving cardiac arrest by 6%, a new Dutch ...

(Reuters Health) - Cardiac arrest patients may be more likely to survive and avoid permanent disabilities when bystanders use a defibrillator to treat them before an ambulance arrives, a new study ...

July 21, 2003 — Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) differ in ease of use by lay people, according to the results of a trial published in the July issue of Resuscitation. In this trial of three ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ambulance emergency call operators can direct people to use publicly accessible defibrillators [Getty Images] The use of publicly ...