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Developed by the Dutch Heart Foundation, MyCommunityDefib has led to neighbourhoods across Europe being equipped with defibrillators, improving survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrests.

Hospital and pre-hospital external defibrillators are medical devices that restore normal heart rhythm in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by delivering an electric shock. They are used in hospitals ...

The LifeVest, a wearable defibrillator, detected his episode and delivered life-saving shocks to keep him alive. After being shocked nearly 40 times, Isy is on the way to recovery.

The Seafarers Hospital Society said it has partnered with the Community Heartbeat Charity to provide "200 compact, portable, and easy to use defibrillators to fishing vessels across the country".

He was later transferred to a hospital in Dublin where he had an internal defibrillator fitted. Now 16 years old, Oliver McGreevy said he is now feeling “good” and is back playing sport.

Placing defibrillator pads on the chest and back, rather than the usual method of putting two on the chest, increases the odds of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by more than two-and-a ...

A defibrillator is an emergency medical device that delivers an electric shock to the heart. The shock can bring a heart out of a potentially fatal heart rhythm and back into a normal heart rhythm.