Can Genetic Testing Save Lives?
CBS News, NY
A surgically implanted defibrillator can detect and immediately correct the abnormality. "That’s the battery and the computer that reads every one of my …

FDA details defibrillator maker’s violations
Seattle Post Intelligencer
When Bothell-based Physio-Control Inc. suspended shipments of its LIFEPAK defibrillators in January 2007, the company cited vague issues with its …

Clinical Briefs
U.S. Medicine, DC
The first study to explore the use of automated external defibrillator (AEDs) in the home has found that although the safe and easy-to-use devices are …

County Red Cross plans upcoming courses
Today’s Sunbeam - NJ.com, NJ
This course prepares candidates to teach the following courses: Adult, Infant, and Child CPR, First Aid, and Automated External Defibrillator in the schools …

Can cooling off the body save the mind?
phillyBurbs.com, PA
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation keeps the heart pumping and a defibrillator shocks it back into a normal rhythm, but that is where the trouble occurs, …

World’s first cardiac re-synchronisation therapy defibrillator device
Xinhua, China
A doctor holds a mock-up of the world’s first cardiac re-synchronisation therapy defibrillatordevice “Consulta CRT-D”, made by US company Medtronic Inc., …

Physio-Control agrees to revamp defibrillator quality control
Seattle Times, United States
Physio-Control competes with a Seattle-based unit of Philips for the top position in the external-defibrillator market. The devices can jolt a failing heart …

Defibrillator donation boosts public safety
Vernon Morning Star, Canada
An automatic external defibrillator is being placed in the arena in Brad’s name, thanks to a donation from the Funtastic Sports Society. …

Life saving lessons for schoolchildren
Norwich Evening News, UK
As part of the campaign schools across the region are also being encouraged to raise money to install a defibrillator. Each defibrillator costs £1000 to buy …

Medtronic unit, FDA in consent decree pact
MarketWatch
… an agreement on a consent decree with the Food and Drug Administration on its quality system improvements for its external defibrillator products. …

Henderson Police Officer Uses Defibrillator To Save Man
KTNV Las Vegas, NV - Apr 21, 2008
Action News anchor Casey Smith has the story of quick life-saving actions by a police officer and his defibrillator. Seconds count in medical emergencies, …

Pope Benedict XVI Accepts Gift Of Defibtech Automated External …
Medical News Today (press release), UK - Apr 21, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI personally accepted the gift of a Defibtech automated external defibrillator (AED) from Defibtech’s president Gintaras Vaisnys and Fabio …

Brilliant Idea! A Cell Phone Defibrillator
Inventorspot - Apr 19, 2008
Cardiac arrhythmias can be curtailed by defibrillator implants (formerly "pacemakers"), but they are not advised for all cardiac patients. …

Brilliant Idea! A Cell Phone Defibrillator
Inventorspot - Apr 19, 2008
Cardiac arrhythmias can be curtailed by defibrillator implants (formerly "pacemakers"), but they are not advised for all cardiac patients. …

Automated External Defibrillators Are Saving Lives
Popular Mechanics, NY
BY KIRSTEN MAJOR The OnSite defibrillator is designed to be used by any bystander in a public place. Chest pads analyze the victim’s heart rhythm and …

Can Home AEDs Improve Survival?
New England Journal of Medicine (subscription), MA
1 In this context, the automated external defibrillator (AED) has generated substantial hope. Clinical trials of the devices have gradually increased the …

Curry-Kenny in good spirits after surgery
Sunshine Coast Daily, Australia
The sportswoman has been diagnosed with Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, and underwent a procedure to implant a cardioverter defibrillator …

Should heart attack survivors keep defibrillators in home?
USA Today
By Robert Davis, USA TODAY A new study out Tuesday offers mixed messages on the benefits of having an automated external defibrillator (AED) in the home of …