AEDs don’t have to be intimidating. Here’s how (and when) to use one. Using the device during an emergency can save a person in cardiac arrest.

Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, deliver an electrical shock to the heart and can help revive someone who is ...

Among all at-home OHCAs, a public AED was available within a 4-minute walk in approximately 24%. Among cardiac arrests that occurred in public, nearly 48% were within a 4-minute walk of a publicly ...

They’re required to have an action plan to use the AED, and finally, they need to check it once a month.” The implementation of AEDs in Texas schools represents a proactive step towards ...

The same app, Heartrunner, previously showed potential in increasing the rates of bystander CPR, but researchers say the current study may be limited by a higher than expected rate of AED use in the ...

ATLANTA — In Kansas City, Missouri, which maintains a registry of public automated external defibrillators, use of public AEDs for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests was low, even when an AED was ...

She found that although AEDs have been the standard of care for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest response in community settings over 20 or more years, adoption of AEDs varies in nursing homes and ...