Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Smartphone dispatch of volunteer responders for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest researchers conferred a small but ...

Automated external defibrillators may increase survival in patients with shockable cardiac arrests, but their routine use at home is not cost-effective at current prices, a study finds.

It's been six days since Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field in front of millions. Many feared the worst. But just two days after suffering a cardiac arrest, he woke up and has ...

A smartphone app that alerts trained citizens to respond to nearby of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) does not seem to increase the application of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), ...

LAWRENCE, Indiana — "Without the AED, my heart rhythm wouldn't have been restored. It made all the difference," said Kristin Toussing, a sudden cardiac arrest survivor. Kristin and her husband, Justin ...

HAZLETON – While Damar Hamlin’s miraculous survival from a hit that stopped his heart in an NFL football game is credited to his receipt of immediate care from trained professionals, the average ...

(WXYZ) — In the wake of the medical emergency involving Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, we are making it easier for people to learn how to perform CPR and find a ...

AKRON, Ohio - She normally prays silently. Deanna "Dee" Norflee prayed aloud the day she saved Bart Skinner's life. "Please, Lord Jesus," she said between sobs as she hooked an automatic external ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...